Yeah, the asked the international community not to call them after a ~~water fowl~~ big chicken anymore and use their native name for the country instead. Officially it always was "Republic of Türkiye" and not Turkey anyways.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just a nitpick, Turkeys are ground birds, not water fowl.

[–] norimee@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the correction. I honestly just assumed and didn't think.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

The funny thing is the bird is called turkey after the country (despite being american), not the other way around.