100 years ago – on November 1, 1922 – the Chairman of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye, Mustafa Kemal Pasha, officially abolished the Ottoman Sultanate. Thus ended a monarchy whose origins stretched back to 1299. The Ottoman Empire was replaced by a new state, the Republic of Türkiye, which was based on completely different political principles and a modern ideology. But nothing lasts... 

The UN approves Turkey’s application to be named Türkiye in English – complete with a non-Latin letter and all – instead of the current Turkey. Through the measure, the country is trying to avoid being associated with the bird turkey, which is called turkey in English. Turkey began the move to change its internationally recognised official name in English to Türkiye in December...