Türkiye

See also: Turkiye, Türkiyə, and Türkiýe

English

Alternative forms

• Turkiye (informal)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Türkiye. First adopted in 2020 by the Turkish Exporters Assembly and then by the Turkish government in December 2021 to replace the exonyms of Turkey in other languages. In English, the change has been attributed to confusion with the noun senses of the homonym turkey. In June 2022, the United Nations accepted the country's request to change its official name there.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊə(ɹ).kɪə/, [ˈtuːɹ.ki.jə]

Proper noun

Türkiye

1. (neologism, official, uncommon) A country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara
   • 1992 January, The Iraqi Asylum Seekers and Türkiye (1988-1991)‎^[3], Ankara: Tanmak Publications, →ISBN, title page:

     THE IRAQI ASYLUM SEEKERS AND TÜRKİYE

   • 2020 March, “March 18th to be commemorated together with Anzac descendants”, in The Turkish Perspective‎^[4], number 80, Turkish Exporters Assembly, page 7:

     Türkiye is going to commemorate March 18th Çanakkale Victory and Martyrs’ Day and 105th anniversary of the Çanakkale Land Battles held at Gallipoli Peninsula in Çanakkale on March 18th.

   • 2021 December 21, “Participation of Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in the 6th Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Visegrad Group + Türkiye, 21 December 2021”, in Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)‎^[5]:

     The two Ministers welcomed the close relations between Türkiye and Hungary, and affirmed their determination to further develop them in line with our strategic partnership.

   • 2021 December 24, “Why is 'Istanbul' a common female name in Somalia?”, in TRT World‎^[6]:

     This year, Somalia celebrated the 10th anniversary of its special relationship with Turkiye.

   • 2022 January 1, “'Modular, prefabricated construction sector to thrive in 2022'”, in Anadolu Agency‎^[7], archived from the original on 26 May 2022:

     Dorce is one of the leading companies in emergency settlement field globally, he said, adding that the firm is trying to meet all the vital needs of more than 100,000 people in the modular prefabricated integrated living spaces in different regions of Turkiye.

Usage notes

• Prior to 2022, the term was rare outside of Turkish sources or official contexts, such as when referring to the country by its full official name (Republic of Türkiye). However, general use has sharply increased since its recognition by the United Nations in that year.
• Türkiye (with a diaeresis) is the dominant and officially prescribed form, but it is sometimes omitted, as in Turkiye.
• The officially prescribed all caps form is TÜRKİYE, with a dotted capital İ.

Translations

Turkey — see Turkey

Crimean Tatar

Proper noun

Türkiye

1. Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish Türkiye.

Proper noun

Türkiye f

1. (neologism) Türkiye, Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)
   • 2022, Rafael Barracuda, Comment améliorer le monde: Comment obtenir la paix, la sécurité, la santé et le bonheur ?, →ISBN:

     Grâce à la forte participation de l’ONU, de la Türkiye et d’autres partenaires, nous avons montré comment la coopération de quelques-uns peut rétablir la sécurité alimentaire pour beaucoup.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2022, Systèmes judiciaires européens - Rapport d’évaluation de la CEPEJ - 2022 Partie 1: Tableaux, graphiques et analyses, Conseil de l’Europe, →ISBN, page 163:

     De même, dans les affaires administratives, les différences sont vastes, la Croatie et l’Italie ont déclaré que plus de la moitié des affaires pendantes avaient plus de deux ans, suivies par l’Ukraine (39,6%) et la Türkiye (30,6%).

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2022, Traverser la crise du COVID-19 et préparer l’avenir: La reprise dans la région MENA, OCDE, →ISBN, page 82:

     Le projet devrait être appliqué en Algérie, en Tunisie, en Palestine, en Égypte, en Jordanie et en Türkiye d’ici 2022.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2022, “Exhibition & Side Events”, in Transport for Inclusive Societies: Summit Highlights in Pictures, 18-22 May 2022, Leipzig, International Transport Forum, page 33:

     Les ministres de la Türkiye, de l’Allemagne, des États-Unis et du Maroc au stand de ce dernier lors de la visite de l’exposition.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2022, Rapport mondial de suivi sur l’éducation: Les acteurs non étatiques dans l’éducation, UNESCO, →ISBN, page 332:

     Bien que les élèves du Luxembourg et de la Türkiye bénéficient de 15 semaines de vacances par an, celles-ci sont réparties en six périodes de vacances au Luxembourg, et en deux périodes en Türkiye (figure 17.6).

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• Turquie

Gagauz

Proper noun

Türkiye

1. Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Türkiye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /turˈkije/
• Rhymes: -ije
• Hyphenation: Tür‧ki‧ye

Proper noun

turkiyé

1. (neologism, uncommon) Synonym of Turki

Malay

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Türkiye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tur.ki.je]
• Rhymes: -je, -e
• Hyphenation: Tür‧ki‧ye

Proper noun

Türkiye

1. (neologism, official, uncommon) Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)

   Synonym: Turki

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish Türkiye.

Proper noun

Türkiye f

1. (neologism) Türkiye, Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)

   Synonym: Turquía

Turkish

Picture dictionary

Türkiye

Avrupa

Almanya

Fransa

İspanya

Birleşik Krallık

İtalya

Rusya

Yunanistan

Türkiye

Polonya

İsveç

Norveç

Finlandiya

İsviçre

Avusturya

Çekya

Slovakya

Macaristan

Slovenya

Sırbistan

Bulgaristan

Arnavutluk

Malta

Kıbrıs

Ermenistan

Romanya

Ukrayna

Belarus

Portekiz

Hollanda

Danimarka

Belçika

İrlanda

İngiltere

İskoçya

İzlanda

Levant

Akdeniz

Karadeniz

Kuzey Denizi

Atlas Okyanusu

Picture dictionary

Türkiye

Balkanlar

Arnavutluk

Bosna-Hersek

Bulgaristan

Hırvatistan

Karadağ

Kuzey Makedonya

Kosova

Romanya

Sırbistan

Slovenya

Türkiye

Yunanistan

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تركیه (Türkiye), توركیه (Türkiye, late spelling), ultimately from Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian ترک (turk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /⁠Turk⁠/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥). By surface analysis, Türk +‎ -iye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪ýɾ.ci.jɛ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Tür‧ki‧ye
• Rhymes: -ye

Proper noun

Türkiye

1. Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)

   Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ― the Republic of Turkey

2. a female given name

Declension

    Declension of Türkiye

	singular	plural
nominative	Türkiye	Türkiyeler / Türkiye'ler
accusative	Türkiye'yi	Türkiyeleri / Türkiye'leri
dative	Türkiye'ye	Türkiyelere / Türkiye'lere
locative	Türkiye'de	Türkiyelerde / Türkiye'lerde
ablative	Türkiye'den	Türkiyelerden / Türkiye'lerden
genitive	Türkiye'nin	Türkiyelerin / Türkiye'lerin

    Possession of Türkiye

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Türkiye'm	Türkiyelerim / Türkiye'lerim
senin (your)	Türkiye'n	Türkiyelerin / Türkiye'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	Türkiye'si	Türkiyeleri / Türkiye'leri
bizim (our)	Türkiye'miz	Türkiyelerimiz / Türkiye'lerimiz
sizin (your)	Türkiye'niz	Türkiyeleriniz / Türkiye'leriniz
onların (their)	Türkiye'si / Türkiyeleri / Türkiye'leri	Türkiyeleri / Türkiye'leri

See also

• (countries of Europe) Avrupa ülkesi; Almanya, Andorra, Arnavutluk, Avusturya, Azerbaycan, Belarus, Belçika, Birleşik Krallık, Bosna Hersek, Bulgaristan, Çek Cumhuriyeti, Danimarka, Ermenistan, Estonya, Finlandiya, Fransa, Gürcistan, Hırvatistan, Hollanda, İrlanda, İspanya, İsveç, İsviçre, İtalya, İzlanda, Karadağ, Kazakistan, Kıbrıs, Kuzey Makedonya, Letonya, Lihtenştayn, Litvanya, Lüksemburg, Macaristan, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Norveç, Polonya, Portekiz, Romanya, Rusya, San Marino, Sırbistan, Slovakya, Slovenya, Türkiye, Ukrayna, Vatikan, Yunanistan
• (countries of Asia) Asya ülkesi; Afganistan, Azerbaycan, Bahreyn, Bangladeş, Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri, Bruney, Butan, Çin, Doğu Timor, Endonezya, Ermenistan, Filistin, Filipinler, Güney Kore, Gürcistan, Hindistan, Irak, İran, İsrail, Japonya, Kamboçya, Katar, Kazakistan, Kıbrıs, Kuveyt, Kuzey Kore, Kırgızistan, Laos, Lübnan, Maldivler, Malezya, Mısır, Moğolistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Özbekistan, Pakistan, Rusya, Singapur, Sri Lanka, Suriye, Suudi Arabistan, Tacikistan, Tayland, Tayvan, Türkiye, Türkmenistan, Umman, Ürdün, Vietnam, Yemen