The Turkish Wikipedia ( tr, Türkçe Vikipedi) is the

Turkish language Turkish ( , ), also referred to as Turkish of Turkey (''Türkiye Türkçesi''), is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant sma ...

edition of

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, spelled ''Vikipedi''. Started on 5 December 2002, as of , this edition has articles and is the largest Wikipedia edition, and ranks 16th in terms of depth among Wikipedias. Turkish Wikipedia is the most popular Wikipedia in Turkey, with approximately 80 to 140 million pageviews depending the month and season. Turkish has a rapidly growing readership not only at the Turkish minorities living in the countries bordering Turkey, but also in Azerbaijan (more than 3 million pageviews per month) and Turkmenistan (where 250 thousand pageviews were recorded in July 2022), where

Oghuz languages The Oghuz languages are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family, spoken by approximately 108 million people. The three languages with the largest number of speakers are Turkish, Azerbaijani and Turkmen, which, combined, account for more t ...

are spoken.

History

In 2006, the Turkish Wikipedia was nominated under the

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category for ( Golden Spider Web Awards), which are commonly known as the "Web Oscars" for Turkey. In January 2007, the Turkish Wikipedia was given the award for "Best Content" in this competition. The award was given in a ceremony on 25 January 2007 at

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. In 2015, its banner drawing attention to the

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drew the attention of the Turkish media. On 29 April 2017, the Turkish government blocked access to Wikipedia. While the reasons for the blockage were unrevealed, some believe that the encyclopedia had been blocked due to the Turkish government's concerns about articles critical of its actions regarding Turkey–ISIL cooperation. In December 2019, Turkey's highest court ruled that the ban violated

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. On 15 January 2020, the ban was lifted after 991 days.

Milestones

* January 2004 — 100 articles * July 2004 — 1,000 articles * November 2005 — 10,000 articles * March 2007 — ~55,000 articles * February 2008 — 100,000 articles * 9 December 2012 — 200,000 articles * 27 April 2021 — 400,000 articles * 8 July 2022 — 500,000 articles Wikipedia:Milestone statistics

References

External links

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Turkish Wikipedia
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Turkish Wikipedia mobile version
{{Wikipedias in Turkic languages Wikipedias by language

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