Türkiye

The Republic of Türkiye 🇹🇷 (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), formerly and still commonly known as Turkey, is a located on the border between and . The capital is .
==Statistics==
The land area of Türkiye is 769,632 km2. As of 2020, the population is estimated to be 82,017,514, making it the in the world.
On June 2, 2022, the recognized the official English name change of "Turkey" to "Türkiye" to reflect the native pronunciation of tur-key-yay and to avoid association with the .Turkey rebrands as ‘Türkiye,’ changing name at the United Nations by Mina Alsharif, Hande Atay Alam and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN. 2022-06-03.Why Turkey changed its name: populism, polls and a bird by Mohammed Abdelbary, CNN. 2022-06-03.. Apple began referring to the country by its new official name in English-language support documents in February 2023,If you get an alert from BTK in Türkiye saying that your IMEI isn't registered, Apple Support. 2023-02-10.Contact Apple for support and service, Apple Support. 2023-02-06. though CEO Tim Cook still referred to it as 'Turkey' in a tweet within that same month.Sending our thoughts and condolences to the people of Turkey, Syria, and anyone affected by the devastating earthquakes. by Tim Cook, Twitter. 2023-02-07.
==Apple in Türkiye ==
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Apple Computer began operating in Turkey around 1991.Apple Bağdat Caddesi opens Friday, October 22, in Istanbul, Apple Inc. 2021-10-20. The first Apple retail store in Turkey was opened on April 5, 2014 at the shopping complex in Istanbul.It’s official: Apple’s first store in Turkey to open in Istanbul on April 5th by Mark Gurman, 9to5Mac. 2014-03-28. In early 2020, all 2 stores in the country were temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but reopened on June 8th.Update: Stores in Turkey open June 8 by Michael Steeber, 9to5Mac. 2020-06-05. On October 22, 2021 the third store was opened on (Avenue), in the heart of the n side of Istanbul.
==References==
==External links==
*Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanliği official presidential website (Turkish)
*The Grand National Assembly of Türkiye official government website (Turkish)
*Turkey at OECD
*Apple Store’lar, Türkiye at Apple
**Apple Akasya, Üsküdar İstanbul
**Apple Bağdat Caddesi, Kadıköy İstanbul
**Apple Zorlu Center, Beşiktaş İstanbul
* Apple Türkiye at YouTube
*Atlas of Turkey at Wikimedia Commons
* at Wikipedia