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Turkey is now referred to as Türkiye.

In April 2022, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked the international community to recognize his nation by its traditional name, spelled “Türkiye” and pronounced Tour-key-yeh.

Many nations and organizations now use Türkiye instead of Turkey. Here's an example from last month:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/10/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-administrations-response-to-the-earthquakes-in-turkiye-and-syria/

February 10, 2023
FACT SHEET: The Biden-⁠Harris Administration’s Response to the Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria

In the aftermath of the earthquakes on February 6, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. authorized an immediate U. S. response and directed the heads of federal agencies to rapidly mobilize to assist the Government of Türkiye and humanitarian partners in Syria. ...

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This sort of thing is not without precedent.

For many years, anglophones have called the southwest African nation of Côte d'Ivoire as Ivory Coast. "Côte d'Ivoire" literally is the French translation of Ivory Coast. However, Côte d'Ivoire is a francophone nation having previously been a French colony in Africa. In the mid-1980s, Côte d'Ivoire requested the international community to refer to it by the name Côte d'Ivoire and not as Ivory Coast. For the most part, the international community has which is why you see on maps the name Côte d'Ivoire and not Ivory Coast anymore.

Expect the same thing to happen to maps regarding the transition from Turkey to Türkiye. It seems that Google Maps has just made the change too; I've been waiting for a few weeks.

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Thoughts?
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As usual, I do not permit Anonymous responses. Be an adult and take responsibility for your actions and that includes when you are giving an opinion.
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Today is W 08 MAR 2023.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-congressman-who-broke-with-gop-is-censured_n_6403a289e4b029d87016807a#
Texas Congressman Who Broke With GOP Is Censured

Republican U. S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was censured Saturday in a rare move by his state party over votes that included supporting new gun safety laws after the Uvalde school shooting in his district.

The Republican Party of Texas voted 57-5 with one abstention, underlining how the two-term congressman’s willingness to break with conservatives on key issues during his short time in office has caused GOP activists and some colleagues to bristle.

That independent streak includes opposing a sweeping House GOP immigration proposal over the U. S.-Mexico border, which includes a large portion of his South Texas district. He has also voted to defend same-sex marriage and was an outright “no” against a House rules package after Republican leader Kevin McCarthy became speaker.
Gonzales was defiant before the vote and did not attend the meeting of Texas GOP leaders and activists in Austin.
“We’ll see how that goes,” he told reporters in San Antonio on Thursday.

A spokesperson for the congressman did not immediately return a message for comment after Saturday’s vote.
The vote followed an hourlong, closed-door executive session in which party members were allowed to debate the resolution.