> I would understand if Turkey applied for the romanized version of their name This I just don't understand. Turkish is written in a Latin script with a few di

> I would understand if Turkey applied for the romanized version of their name This I just don't understand. Turkish is written in a Latin script with a few diacritics (and the extra character of the i without the dot.) It's hard to call any modification of their existing script a "romanization". As for some of your examples, eg. Россия, I don't think they use a romanization of that word like Rossija or Rossiya at the UN, I think they use English or French translations of Russian Federation.