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"Turkey" vs. "Türkiye"

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Hi! I saw you used the name "Türkiye" as the name of the country generally known in English as "Turkey" in your recent edit.

Q: Why don't you use the name Türkiye, the correct name for this country?
A: Because the English-language Wikipedia has a WP:COMMONNAME policy. We use names for countries and places that are the names commonly used for them in English, regardless of what official organizations use. Technically, this kind of name is known as an exonym. For example, we use the name Germany, instead of the native endonym Deutschland, and we use the name Japan instead of the native name 日本.
Q: But the Turkish government, U.S. State Department, and United Nations all use "Türkiye", so it must be correct.
A: Indeed they do. But WP:COMMONNAME is not authority-based, but usage-based.

Notice that this does not apply when we are quoting a literal name in Turkish; for example, the newspaper is called Türkiye, not Turkey. To do that would be hypercorrection, and we don't do that. Nor do we mangle the name into English in direct quotations, including titles of documents, nor in URLs. But it does apply for all uses in Wikipedia's own voice in the English language, including article titles (so the capital is Ankara, Turkey, not "Ankara, Türkiye")

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@The Anome Thank you for the guidelines, I now understand Wikipedia's approach - I should have looked it up before using this spelling. I'll use 'Turkey' in future! Arianwen88 (talk) 14:36, 3 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
You're welcome! — The Anome (talk) 21:03, 3 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
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Alexandr Misko moved to draftspace

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Thanks for your contributions to Alexandr Misko. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Alexandr Misko (May 20)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Alexandr Misko (July 6)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by SafariScribe were: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.
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