Fact-check: “Turkey has changed its name to Turkeya”
Verdict: False (98% confidence)
Turkey's internationally recognized name change is to 'Türkiye', not 'Turkeya' — a name that appears in no official government, UN, or international body record. On June 1, 2022, the UN accepted Turkey's formal request to use 'Türkiye' in all official documents, and the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, EU institutions, and U.S. State Department have all adopted that form. 'Turkeya' is not documented in any authoritative source as a name Turkey has requested or that any international body ha…
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