Internet in Turkey
Encyclopedia
Turkey
has had public Internet
access since 1993, although experimentation at Ege University
started in 1987. The first available connections were dial-up. Cable Internet
has been available since 1998 and ADSL since 2003.
Currently Türk Telekom
's TTNET
ADSL2+ service is the most widely used Internet service in Turkey, offering speeds from 1 mbit/s to 16 mbit/s. TTNET offers VDSL2 service with speeds at 32 mbit/s to 100 mbit/s as well. Alternative broadband companies, while mostly still using TTNET infrastructure, such as SmileADSL and Biri
are also available. Superonline is offering fibre broadband in limited areas in 8 cities, though the company is enlarging at a healthy pace. They currently offer up to 1000 mbit/s speeds. Furthermore, relatively wide but not universal coverage of cable Internet is maintained by UyduNET, offering speeds from 1mbit/s to 20mbit/s.
After June 2009, 3G Mobile Networks approved from Ministry of Transport and Communications, Mobile Networks started to raise their popularity in Turkey. Price policies of the cellular network companies almost same with the broadband companies.
TTNET's monopoly and perceived excessive pricing have received numerous criticisms from users over the years. Internet censorship is also a problem in Turkey, with courts issuing site blocking orders under laws like Law Nr. 5651 on the "Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Suppression of Crimes Committed by means of Such Publications". Internet pornography is also widely censored through court-ordered blocks.
According to IWS, Turkey has 35 million active Internet users.
As of 2010, the top Turkish Internet properties according to comScore
were:
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
has had public Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
access since 1993, although experimentation at Ege University
Ege University
Ege University is a public university in İzmir, Turkey. It was founded in 1955 with the Faculties of Medicine and Faculty of Agriculture...
started in 1987. The first available connections were dial-up. Cable Internet
Cable internet
In telecommunications, cable Internet access, often shortened to cable Internet or simply cable, is a form of broadband Internet access that uses the cable television infrastructure. Like digital subscriber line and fiber to the premises services, cable Internet access provides network edge...
has been available since 1998 and ADSL since 2003.
Currently Türk Telekom
Türk Telekom
Türk Telekom is the formerly state owned Turkish telecommunications company. Türk Telekom was being separated from the Post Office in 1995. In November 2005 it was privatized to Oger Telecom....
's TTNET
Ttnet
TTNET is the largest Internet service provider in Turkey and has around 6 million subscribers. TTNET is a subsidiary of Türk Telekom.Currently, Dr. Paul Doany is Chairman of the Board of Directors....
ADSL2+ service is the most widely used Internet service in Turkey, offering speeds from 1 mbit/s to 16 mbit/s. TTNET offers VDSL2 service with speeds at 32 mbit/s to 100 mbit/s as well. Alternative broadband companies, while mostly still using TTNET infrastructure, such as SmileADSL and Biri
Biri
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are also available. Superonline is offering fibre broadband in limited areas in 8 cities, though the company is enlarging at a healthy pace. They currently offer up to 1000 mbit/s speeds. Furthermore, relatively wide but not universal coverage of cable Internet is maintained by UyduNET, offering speeds from 1mbit/s to 20mbit/s.
After June 2009, 3G Mobile Networks approved from Ministry of Transport and Communications, Mobile Networks started to raise their popularity in Turkey. Price policies of the cellular network companies almost same with the broadband companies.
TTNET's monopoly and perceived excessive pricing have received numerous criticisms from users over the years. Internet censorship is also a problem in Turkey, with courts issuing site blocking orders under laws like Law Nr. 5651 on the "Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Suppression of Crimes Committed by means of Such Publications". Internet pornography is also widely censored through court-ordered blocks.
According to IWS, Turkey has 35 million active Internet users.
As of 2010, the top Turkish Internet properties according to comScore
ComScore
comScore is a Internet marketing research company providing marketing data and services to many of the Internet's largest businesses. comScore tracks all internet data on its surveyed computers in order to study online behavior....
were:
- Dogan Online (portal and entertainment)
- Milliyet Group (news)
- MynetMyNetMyNet may refer to:* Mynet, Turkish web portal* MyNetworkTV, USA* Mynet, an Israeli news service and subsidiary of Ynet, providing local news* the internet service of Telepassport Telecommunications, Cyprus...
(portal) - Blogcu.com (blog platform)
- Hurriyet Internet Group (news)
- Nokta Internet Technologies (entertainment)
- sahibinden.com (classifieds)