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The English name for Turkey is derived from the Medieval Latin Turchia (c.1369).[1] The name for Turkey in the Turkish language, Türkiye, subdivides into two words: Türk, meaning "strong" in Old Turkish and usually signifying the inhabitants of Turkey or a member of the Turkish or Turkic peoples,[2] a later form of "tu-kin", name given by the Chinese to the people living south of the Altay Mountains of Central Asia as early as 177 BC;[1] and the abstract suffix -iye, which means "owner" or "related to". The first recorded use of the term "Türk" or "Türük" as an autonym is attested in the Orkhon inscriptions of the Göktürks (Sky Turks) of Central Asia (c. 8th century CE).
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250px Tablets of the Orkhon Inscriptions of Eight century, in which "Turk" was first used as an ethonym by the Göktürks
The term "Türk" or "Türük" was first used as an autonym in the Orkhon inscriptions of the Göktürks (English: Sky Turks) of Central Asia.
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The name "Türkiye" was officially adopted as the name of the new republican regime in 1921 in the first constitution prepared by the Turkish parliament. It was confirmed in the constitution of 1924 that was ratified following the official proclamation of the Republic on October 29, 1923.
- See also: History of the Republic of Turkey
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Name of Turkey in different languages derive essentially from the word "Turk", combined with suffixes that give the meaning of "owner", "land of" or "related to".
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