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Old Apr 4, 2024 | 2:15 pm
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Originally Posted by hfly
You can refer to it any way you want. When speaking in English 98% of Turks that I know still call it Turkey (It has always been Turkiye in Turkish obviously). It is sort of like if you go to MUMBAI, almost everyone calls it Bombay. It should be noted that in most other languages the name has not changed and it is still Turquia, Turkei, Turchia, etc both before and after the "change". Also how few people really use Czechia.
All the Indians I know call it Mumbai when speaking Marathi or Hindi or Parsi; a few might call it Bombay if conversing in English to a non-Indian. I strongly suspect from context that you meant almost everyone calls it Bombay when speaking English; sorry for the nitpick.
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