when did it change from turkey to turkiye

Turkey’s official international name changed to Türkiye in June 2022 , after the Turkish government asked the United Nations to adopt the new spelling.

A quick timeline:

• December 2021: Turkey began formally pushing for the change.

• June 1–2, 2022: The UN accepted the request and switched to Türkiye.

• January 2023: The U.S. also started using Türkiye in official usage.

One nuance: people in Turkey had long used Türkiye domestically; the 2022 change was mainly about the country’s international English-language name.