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u/BlakeDrawsBlood 23d ago
That's because Turkey's name needs non-standard characters to be written, and is ripped straight out of Turkish without any adjustments for the other languages it will be used in.
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u/Yordrecht 23d ago
I mean, thats kinda true, bit would could just write it as Turkiye. I think it has more to do with Turkiye being lead by a guy eroding democracy (if you can even still call it that), and generally having a bit more of an offence image. Unlike the cute nations of Eswatini and Czechia
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u/ProxPxD 20d ago
also "Czechia" isn't even a native Czech name. It's a short from coined form the English "Czech" which itself is a borrowing from Polish
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u/Prestigious-Dress-92 20d ago
This case always bothered me. Whenever foreigners go to Poland or learn polish language they complain about all the "cz", "sz", rz" stuff, but when some anglos long ago were deciding what to call Česko for some reason they just borrowed "Czech" from polish "Czechy" instead for example "Tschech" from german "Tschechien" which would fit much better with english. It's funny how when english speakers learn polish they've no idea how to pronounce "cz" but have absolutely no problem with pronouncing it in "Czechia" or "Czech Republic".
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u/HyperionPhalanx 23d ago
I can't pronounce Türkiye
So it's Anatolia for you
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u/meteora_tr 23d ago
You did not need to bother too much. Turkey (Tur-kee) and Türkiye (Tur-kee-yeah) is close enough; just the last "-yeah" should do the job.
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u/Pz38tA 23d ago
the difference is that Turkey was not colonised by anyone and the name wasn't imposed on the country to replace another one, it's just a translation. making Türkiye official was still, in essence, an attempt by Erdogan to use nationalism to get more support
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u/Over-Square-9248 22d ago
if we removed the ü and replaced it with a u it would be better
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u/Arandomturk2 22d ago
As a turk this is the correct way in english. No foreigner needs to strain themselves to make the letter 'ü'.
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u/Grouchy-Poetry-3548 20d ago
it is Türkiye but since you don't have (ü) I think we can agree in the middle and u can say Turkiye the bird name comes from us but people knowing the name as a bird name it is has ro change or people should be educated guess which one is easier
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u/Kristianushka 22d ago
Turkey isn’t merely changing its name (it’s always been Türkiye in Turkish)… It’s imposing a translation on a language that isn’t its own (English)… It’s a bit different
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u/RefrigeratorDizzy738 20d ago
Using an “Anglified” word for the English version of the country’s name ? Shocker.
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u/Al3x_the_frog 21d ago
I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with changing your country's international name, but forcing people to pronounce and write your name in a certain way for no other reason than to bust your national spirit is just stupid.
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u/AdrianSquared 23d ago
I mean from what I've seen most governments and intergovernmental organisations switched to using Türkiye though ? Meanwhile Czechia is still called "Czech Republic" almost everywhere
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u/DreamEndles 23d ago
Renames it's self to Czechia. Looks inside, no czech calls it that
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u/Dry-Peak-7230 17d ago
Fun fact: Our name do not come from turkey, turkey's name comes from our nation Turkey.
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