turkey

The reason for this connection between Turks and turkeys is that Europeans, who first saw turkeys originating from the United States, likened this bird to a guinea fowl, which they called Turkey fowl because it was imported through Turkey. Therefore, to avoid confusion with the word “turkey”, Turkey has started to be used as Türkiye instead of Turkey. By using the word “Türkiye” instead of “Turkey”, the confusion with the English word “turkey”, which is widely known in the world, and speculation on this subject will be prevented. Europeans and Americans, who had called the turkey Turkey fowl for a long time, started to call it Turkey for short after a while.…