The Turkish government has written to the United Nations to formally request to be referred to as Türkiye, according to the country's news agency.
The letter was sent by foreign secretary Mevlut Cavusoglu, and it is being reported that the UN has accepted the country's request.
The move comes as part of ongoing efforts by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government in Ankara to rebrand the nation to reflect how the country referred to itself when it declared independence in 1923.
