The English name of Turkey (from 

Medieval Latin Turchia/Turquia[29]) means "land of the

Turks". Middle English usage of Turkye is evidenced in an early work by Chaucer called The Book of
the Duchess (c. 1369). The phrase land of Torke is used in the 15th-century Digby Mysteries. Later
usages can be found in the Dunbar poems, the 16th century Manipulus Vocabulorum (Turkie)
and Francis Bacon's Sylva Sylvarum (Turky). The modern spelling Turkey dates back to at least
1719.[30]
The name of Turkey appeared in the Western sources after the crusades.[31] In the 14th-century Arab
sources, turkiyya is usually contrasted with turkmaniyya (Turkomania), probably to be understood
as Oghuz in a broad sense.[32] Ibn Battuta, in the 1330s introduces the region as barr al-Turkiyya al-
ma'ruf bi-bilad al-Rum ("the Turkish land known as the lands of Rum").[33] The disintegration of the
country after World War I revived Turkish nationalism, and the Türkler için Türkiye ("Turkey for the
Turks") sentiment rose up. With the Treaty of Alexandropol signed by the Government of the Grand
National Assembly with Armenia, the name of Türkiye entered international documents for the first
time. In the treaty signed with Afghanistan, the expression Devlet-i Aliyye-i Türkiyye ("Sublime
Turkish State") was used, likened to the Ottoman Empire's name. [31]

Official name change

In January 2020, the Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TİM) — the umbrella organisation of Turkish
exports — announced that it would use "Made in Turkiye" on all its labels in a bid to standardise
branding and the identity of Turkish businesses on the international stage, using the term 'Turkiye'
across all languages around the world. [34]
In December 2021, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a circular calling for exports to be
labelled "Made in Türkiye". The circular also stated that in relation to other governmental
communications "necessary sensitivity will be shown on the use of the phrase 'Türkiye' instead of
phrases such as 'Turkey', 'Türkei', 'Turquie' etc."[35][36] The reason given in the circular for
preferring Türkiye was that it "represents and expresses the culture, civilisation, and values of the
Turkish nation in the best way". According to Turkish state broadcaster TRT World, it was also to
avoid a pejorative association with turkey, the bird.[34] It was reported in January 2022 that the
government planned to register Türkiye with the United Nations.[37] Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt
Çavuşoğlu sent letters to the UN and other international organisations on 31 May 2022 requesting
that they use Türkiye. The UN agreed and implemented the request immediately. [38][39]