UN Approves Turkey’s Request to Change Country’s Foreign Name to ‘Türkiye’:

The UN has granted Turkey’s request to change its name to Turkiye, a spokesman for the world body said. Addressing reporters, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said the change came into force immediately at the time when the world body received a letter from Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to the UN chief with a request to change the country’s name, Xinhua news agency reported.