Update Turkey name with Türkiye

[beytarovski]

Turkey officially changes name at UN to "Türkiye".

Data changes verified with:

ISO 3166 Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_3166_country_codes#TUR1
UN: https://turkiye.un.org/en/184798-turkeys-name-changed-türkiye
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/03/turkey-changes-name-to-turkiye-as-other-name-is-for-the-birds

Discussion of using "ü" in English and why it's okay to use:
https://www.quora.com/How-could-Turkey-change-their-English-name-to-Türkiye-There-wasnt-even-an-ü-in-the-English-alphabet-What-should-I-do-with-the-adjective-Should-I-say-Türkiyish

[dmythro]

Hi @beytarovski. Sorry for the delay. I did check this, and feels like the name should be Turkiye in English as there's no ü in English alphabet. I did read the discussion and there's no strict "pro" for using ü but Turkiye is good enough for consistency (and probably screen readers etc). The name is strictly English in this library and native was updated to Türkiye a long time ago.

Any other thoughts on this? Feels like Turkiye in English is the most consistent solution here. But it also feels like it's best to be updated with a feature like #35 so country is easily found by its old name and no breaking changes for existing code which uses something like getCountryCode util.

[beytarovski]

Hi, thanks for reviewing this, dear dmythro!

Türkiye is not a native word only. It’s an English word right now. I think it's the only word in English that contains a foreign letter.

✅ The US government also uses Türkiye in its English publications: https://www.state.gov/releases/2025/09/the-reopening-of-the-iraq-turkiye-pipeline/
✅ It's standardized by ISO 3166.

I'd go with Türkiye with eyes closed, which is already an English word.

If you're not 100% sure, you may also consider Turkey (Türkiye) until it's spread enough 👉 see here.

But, Turkiye (without "ü") doesn't mean anything either for English nor Turkish natives.

❌ Keeping only Turkey is just wrong. It's the same as calling "Istanbul" Constantinople. Calling Istanbul as Constantinople by some people won't change the fact ;)

👉English Prime Minister is also use Türkiye in his tweets: https://x.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1982853597718347840