Turkey wants to join the Brics economic community, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said during his visit to China last week - the first by a high-ranking Turkish politician in 12 years.
In the wiki article. The request was formally don’e by the government of Turkiye to the UN. It was accepted as a formal name change. And yes, Erdogan is their president. Im also not a fan of him, but calling a country by their name should not be contentious, or should it?
Apparently the spelling is closer to the pronunciation and is older than the English spelling.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Turkey
That doesn’t answer the question asked, however.
In the wiki article. The request was formally don’e by the government of Turkiye to the UN. It was accepted as a formal name change. And yes, Erdogan is their president. Im also not a fan of him, but calling a country by their name should not be contentious, or should it?