June 17, 2022
Turkey has notified the United Nations that it wants now to be known internationally as Turkiye (tor-key-yay), its name in Turkish, joining such other countries as Thailand (Siam until 1939), Sri Lanka (Ceylon until 1972) and Iran (Persia until 1935) that have done the same. However, Misr continues to be known as Egypt and Hellas as Greece.