u/Impressive-Equal1590

These two cases are very similar in my eyes.

Both two nations name their countries by their self-identified ethnonym and speak languages close to their claimed ancestors. However, both two nations had little knowledge and memory about their claimed ancestors of ancient Turks (Gokturks in English) and ancient Romans (simply Romans in English) until they learned them from the Chinese and Westerners, rather than their own sources, in modern era.