WASHINGTON — Ceding to a long-standing Turkish demand, the State Department on Thursday agreed to begin spelling the country's name in Turkish in its official documents.
Turkey will now be referred to as "Türkiye," officials said. And indeed, around midday, the State Department released its first press announcement saying "the United States and Türkiye" had disrupted Islamic State financial networks operating in Turkey and Syria.
State Department spokesman Ned Price said the decision to change the spelling was in response to a request from the Turkish Embassy in Washington.
