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Nutella maker in hazelnut stand-off with Turkish dealers

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68 points bookofjoe | 5 comments | 01 Nov 25 12:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.449s | source
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dtagames ◴[01 Nov 25 13:10 UTC] No.45781378[source]▶
It's odd that a publication like the Financial Times can't be bothered to use the correct name of the country, which is Türkiye and has been officially since 2022, per the UN.

Less rigor might be expected from a less erudite magazine, but these folks should know better.

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wqaatwt ◴[01 Nov 25 14:37 UTC] No.45781951[source]▶
Most countries don’t use the correct name of Deutschland. Quite a few don’t even use Germany.

Let’s not even mention Netherlands…

> but these folks should know better

I’m 100% sure they know and I assume it was a conscious decision.

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1. dtagames ◴[01 Nov 25 18:38 UTC] No.45784132[source]▶
Türkiye is the official name in English.
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2. okeuro49 ◴[01 Nov 25 19:04 UTC] No.45784362[source]▶
"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.

3. bookofjoe ◴[01 Nov 25 19:05 UTC] No.45784381[source]▶
>Turkey has remained the common and conventional name in the English language.
4. hollerith ◴[01 Nov 25 19:08 UTC] No.45784406[source]▶
Writers in the free countries are not required to follow a naming suggestion by the Turkish government or the UN.
5. anigbrowl ◴[01 Nov 25 20:21 UTC] No.45784976[source]▶
English doesn't have umlauts.