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by traceroute66 49 days ago
> The answer is as simple as “they asked nicely”

Well that's a cute explanation, but strictly speaking the UN adopted the new spelling in 2022 and the ISO swiftly followed with a revision to ISO 3166.

If your "they asked nicely" was true then by that argument the people of Taiwan who constantly "ask nicely" regarding the removal of "(Province of China)" from their ISO 3166 entry would have had their wishes granted by now ... ;)
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petesergeant 43 days ago
You seem to be ignoring the original question, which was “Why Türkiye but not Nihon”
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chirsz 48 days ago
Because Türkiye is a widely recognized sovereign state, while Taiwan (or more formally, the Republic of China) is not. Taiwan is also not a member of ISO.
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traceroute66 48 days ago
> Because Türkiye is ....

All you are doing is re-enforcing my exact point that "because they asked nicely" is not the answer to the original question.

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