>Mostly because they asked. Actually, I thought this was really classy of them to actually announce/ask the world that they would please call them Turkiye. Do

>Mostly because they asked. Actually, I thought this was really classy of them to actually announce/ask the world that they would please call them Turkiye. Doesn't bother me - but I thought it was interesting that they actually asked. I have a light interest in the etymology of naming of places and countries. There was a really interesting book I perused in a book store, which was the origin of place-names for all places in California. 90% of place names are by the first/most documented land owner. Lots of airport codes are named after the original farm fields that were used as strips, and those were named after the farm/land owners. (or after pilots who died)