> Both the "ü" and the "iy" are very uncommon (and thus hard to pronounce) sounds for most of the world.
Then what about Liechtenstein? Kyrgyzstan? Côte d’Ivoire? Colombia-not-columbia? The list goes on.
> Côte d’Ivoire
Nobody except french speaking countries call it that. It's called "Ivory Coast" in English, for example
Côte d’Ivoire is indeed also known as "Ivory Coast"; still, you can write a sentence in English with "Côte d’Ivoire" and it doesn't raise an eyebrow[2]. If that's not enough, there's Curaçao too.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_the_Czech_Republic#Ado...
[1]: https://assets.morningconsult.com/wp-uploads/2022/02/0815180...
I could do more food puns but I’m already getting Hungary.
People pronounces harder country names(like Liechtenstein,Guinea-Bissau, Djibouti...) easily, I don't think it will be difficult to say Turkiye.
You can pronounce it like "Turquia" which is acceptable.
Here's how to pronunce better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfFZK6b2jtI&t=21s
Nobody calls Germany "Deutschland" outside of Germany (okay, outside of German-speaking countries)
Nobody calls Japan "Nihon" except people in Japan
Nobody calls Finland "Suomi" except people living there
...and the same goes for cities.
People probably still call it Turkey because they know how to pronounce it. Both the "ü" and the "iy" are very uncommon (and thus hard to pronounce) sounds for most of the world.