'Turkey' (country name) originates from Medieval Latin, specifically the word 'Turchia' (or 'Turcia'), where the element referred to people called 'Turks' (from Medieval Greek 'Tourkoi').

'Turkey' (country name) changed from Medieval Latin 'Turchia'/'Turcia' and Middle English forms into the modern English name 'Turkey'.

Initially used to denote the land of the 'Turks' (the people), and it has remained the name of the nation now called the Republic of Turkey (recently also styled internationally as 'Türkiye').