Why are English speakers calling Turkey Türkiye?

Question

I mean I really don’t have any problems with saying it like this, just don’t understand the need. We don’t call Germany Deutschland or Japan Nihon, so why are people saying Türkiye?

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Answer 1

Turkey needs to feel special, I guess. I see it spelled that way in print often now, but it is always pronounced same as before when I hear it spoken.