Yeni Rakı yurtdışı reklamı, yorum yapamıyorum🤦🏿♂️ pic.twitter.com/cOCXPdnbvx
— Cagdas Arman Bulut (@bulutcagdas) January 31, 2022
Who doesn’t know the Turkish rakı? We heard yesterday that Turkey’s one of the biggest Rakı brands circulated an ad internationally. It could be watched in the above tweet.
In other developments:
Turkey’s Communications Directorate launched a new #helloTürkiye campaign
Originally published on Global Voices
A screenshot taken from the promo video shared by TRT World on YouTube.
Turkey’s Communications Directorate launched a new campaign #helloTürkiye on January 14, in an attempt to “raise global awareness about using the country’s original name.” In a statement issued by the Presidency’s Director of Communications, Fahrettin Altun said, “We believe that it is significant to use the phrase ‘Türkiye’ in the international arena in order to further strengthen our country’s brand and reputation.” The rebrand follows a presidential circular signed on December 4, 2021, requiring the use of “Türkiye” instead of “Turkey” in all correspondence with other states, international institutions, and organizations.
The circular issued in December, further reads:
Twenty-seven international human rights and journalism organizations have released a joint statement demanding the release of journalist Sedef Kabaş, who was arrested for “insulting Erdoğan” https://t.co/wBGLCwJTOm
— bianet English (@bianet_eng) February 1, 2022
After a video went viral of police stopping Kurdish musicians playing on İstiklal Caddesi in Istanbul, now in protest there are more Kurdish musicians playing on İstiklal https://t.co/DJKKr0u1Cv
— Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) February 1, 2022
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