“.tr” ccTLD

Registration Date: 17 September, 1990

1993 • First internet connection is provided to the country.

1995 • “.tr” domain names started.

1996 • “com.tr”, “org.tr”, “net.tr”, “gov.tr”

1997 • “bbs.tr”,“k12.tr”,“mil.tr”

1998• Internet Committee. • “gen.tr”,“nom.tr”

1990-1998

2000• DNS-Working Group

2003• Electronic-web system• “name.tr, “info.tr, “web.tr, “biz.tr,“bel.tr,“pol.tr”,“av.tr”

2004• New name servers (ns1.nic.tr, ns3.nic.tr)• “tel.tr”

2005

• Dispute Resolution Mechanism• Name servers (ns4.nic.tr, ns5.nic.tr)• “dr.tr”

2000-2005

“.tr” Domain Name RegistrationDocument- Required Document-Not-

Requiredcom.tr biz.trnet.tr info.trorg.tr tv.trk12.tr web.trbel.tr gen.trgov.tr bbs.tredu.tr name.trav.tr tel.trdr.tr name_surname.com.trpol.tr name_surname.net.trtsk.tr - mil.tr

91%

9%

Document-Required• To protect user rights• Trusted• Used actively• Long registration process• Trademark !! ??• Low number of dispute resolution

6

Reserve6%

Active

94%

Dispute Resolution(2000-2017)

7

25%

75%

Applications Total

Information Requests (Lawsuits etc.) 1.526Dispute Resolution (DNS Working Group) 4.690TOTAL 6.216

2006

• Turkish character encoded (IDN)• “name-surname.com.tr”• “tv.tr”

2007

• CENTR (Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries)Full membership application

2008

• Registered through Registery-Registrar model• “tsk.tr”,“name-surname.net.tr”, “biz.tr”, “info.tr”,

“tv.tr” (No documents required)• Electronic Communication Law (5809)

2006-2008

Registered “.tr” Domain Names in Total(1997–2017)

0

250,000

500,000

1997 2000 2003 2006 (**) 2009 2012 2015

IDN (Internationalized Domain Name)

IDN2%

ASCII98%

• Total IDN Domain Name : 9.246

TR Registrars

11

0006105

1,3052,491

3,4598,175

12,14617,739

20,40028,503

TTNET AŞMYNET

ADANETİŞNET

BERİL TEK.KRİWEBEQUNIX

NIOBEDORUKNET

TURKTİCARETNETİHS

ÇİZGİİSİM TESCİL

0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000

TR Registrars

12

Registrar24%

Nic.tr76%

2010 • Internet Domain Name Regulation

2011• Ministry of Transport Maritime and Communications-METU

Dispute (Cuncil of State)

2014 • First results of dispute

2015 • Syber Attack & ".tr",critical network

2016 • METU-ICTA, Technical meeting (10 weeks)

2017 • METU-ICTA, draft contract

2010-2017

".tr" Marketing

• Total Domain Name : 397.440

• Percent growth (2017): % 3

• Domain Name Fees ($1,5- $5)/year

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2018 And Beyond

• New Registrars

• Regulation of Domain Name Fees

• ".tr"

• Next steps: TRABIS

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