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Türkiye is the official name in English.


"Turkey" is what most English people would use, which makes it the defacto official name, despite what the UN might say.

Most English people aren't even able to type ü on a keyboard.


Writers in the free countries are not required to follow a naming suggestion by the Turkish government or the UN.


English doesn't have umlauts.


>Turkey has remained the common and conventional name in the English language.




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