.tr is the

Internet The Internet (or internet) is the Global network, global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a internetworking, network of networks ...

country code A country code is a short alphanumeric identification code for countries and dependent areas. Its primary use is in data processing and communications. Several identification systems have been developed. The term ''country code'' frequently re ...

top-level domain A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domain name, domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet after the root domain. The top-level domain names are installed in the DNS root zone, root zone of the nam ...

(

ccTLD A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all tw ...

) for

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. It is administered by trABİS (under the Information and Communication Technologies Authority of Turkey) and managed by the Computer Center DNS Group of the ICT Authority. The domain was formerly administered by NIC.tr and managed by the Turkey Internet Society (the local chapter of ISOC) until September 2022.

Statistics

As of March 2017, around 15.53% of all the .tr domains were served via secured HTTPS protocol, with the Let's Encrypt Authority X3 being the most popular SSL certificate. Microsoft-IIS is the most popular web server, serving 35.31% of the .tr domains, followed by Apache serving 35.14% of the total .tr domains.

History

.nic.tr, formerly the official registry's domain, was closed on 12 September 2022. Since then domain management is only possible via accredited registrars. The registry TRABIS is the registrar for restricted SLDs like gov.tr. Additionally com.tr, org.tr and net.tr can be registered without additional documents since this date.

Domains

Second-level

In 2023 the registry started a 3-phase launch process with different priorities of current SLD registrants to apply for the second level variant. On 7 August 2024 the third phase ended, since then domains are allocated first-come first-served.

.ct.tr and .nc.tr

.ct.tr and .nc.tr are the second level domain names of

Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, island of Cyprus. It is List of states with limited recognition, recognis ...

. Because Northern Cyprus is a

unrecognised state A sovereign state is a state that has the highest authority over a territory. It is commonly understood that a sovereign state is independent. When referring to a specific polity, the term "country" may also refer to a constituent country, or a ...

, it does not have a top-level domain and uses .tr, the top-level domain name of

. Infrastructure has been created for the future spread of the domain names, which only hosts the websites of some Turkish Cypriot state institutions. ct.tr hosts 44 websites, while nc.tr is never used except for two websites, one of which is a duplicate version of the Republican Assembly's ct.tr version. That has two versions
One that has https
which is expired, and one without it, which is faster than the ct.tr version. The other website i
the searching feature of the Republican Assembly.

Third-level

Several third-level domains are present under .tr: * gov.tr (reserved for the

Government of Turkey The Government of Turkey () is the Central government, national government of Turkey. It is governed as a unitary state under a presidential system, presidential representative democracy and a Constitution of Turkey, constitutional republic wit ...

and state institutions/organizations) * mil.tr (reserved for the

Turkish Armed Forces The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF; , TSK) are the armed forces, military forces of the Turkey, Republic of Turkey. The TAF consist of the Turkish Army, Land Forces, the Turkish Navy, Naval Forces and the Turkish Air Force, Air Forces. The Chief of ...

; retired in 2010 and replaced by tsk.tr) * tsk.tr (reserved for the

; used since 2010) * k12.tr (reserved for schools approved by the Ministry of National Education) * edu.tr (reserved for higher education institutions approved by the Council of Higher Education) * av.tr (reserved for freelance lawyers, law firms and attorney partnerships) * dr.tr (reserved for medical doctors, medical partnerships, hospitals, and healthcare services) * bel.tr (reserved for provincial, district, and town municipal organizations and governments) * pol.tr (reserved for the

General Directorate of Security General Security Directorate or variants may refer to: * General Directorate of Security (India), an Indian intelligence agency * General Directorate of Security (Portugal) (''Direção-Geral de Segurança'') * General Directorate of Security (Tu ...

and police) * kep.tr (reserved for Registered Electronic Mail Service Providers EPHSauthorized by the

Information and Communication Technologies Authority The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) (), is a national telecommunications regulatory and inspection authority of Turkey. It was formerly known as the Telecommunications Authority (Turkish: ''Telekomünikasyon Kurumu (TK) ...

) * com.tr (intended for commercial entities) * net.tr (reserved for network operators/providers, as well as internet-related access services such as portals, e-mail, etc.) * org.tr (reserved for nonprofit entities such as foundations, associations, and non-governmental organizations) * info.tr (intended for informational websites) * bbs.tr (reserved for entities providing BBS services) * nom.tr (reserved for individual/personal use) * tv.tr (reserved for entities in the television industry) * biz.tr (intended for commercial entities) * tel.tr (reserved for use in connection with Turkish telephone numbers) * gen.tr (general use) * web.tr (general use) * name.tr (reserved for individual/personal use)

External links

IANA .tr whois information

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:TR Communications in Turkey Country code top-level domains Internet in Turkey Mass media in Turkey Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members Internet properties established in 1990