That has less to do with Erdoğan specifically and more so with colonialism or, more precisely, reckoning with it. A lot of countries and people, in particular

That has less to do with Erdoğan specifically and more so with colonialism or, more precisely, reckoning with it. A lot of countries and people, in particular ones that were colonized, are known by exonyms. Names chosen/given by outsiders. In some cases, these names don’t even make sense, or they might even be pejorative. So, in recent years, there’s been a push to use the names chosen by the people to whom it pertains. If only as a recognition of self-determination. Türkiye, while not necessarily being subjected to colonization, capitalized on this by virtue of Erdoğan putting out a diplomatic request to other countries to be called Türkiye, and pretty much everyone acquiesced. In his case, it was more a matter of pride and annoyance that Turkey was a homonym of the name for the Thanksgiving bird[0]. So, all in all, I’d say it’s a good development, even if, in Türkiye’s instance, it’s for less noble reasons. Quick fun facts: 1) while the US State Department accepted the change in spelling, they’ll still use the English pronunciation[1] 2) The Thanksgiving bird is named differently in various languages after the country/region the speakers of that language thought it originated from; e.g., Turkey in English because they thought it came from Turkey, Hindi in Turkish, and Kalkoen in Dutch respectively named after “Hindistan” (Turkish for India) and Calcutta, etc.[2] 0: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/03/middleeast/turkey-name-change-mime-intl/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/03/middleeast/turkey-name-change... 1: https://apnews.com/article/politics-turkey-us-department-of-the-treasury-myanmar-mevlut-cavusoglu-9b9ef9599c5420f325c21232d9ffdbf4 https://apnews.com/article/politics-turkey-us-department-of-... There was a source on the State Department website that instructed on the old pronunciation, but I can’t find the link anymore 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_(bird)?wprov=sfti1#Names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_(bird)?wprov=sfti1#Name...