turkish internet: growth trends and use patterns assoc.prof. kürşat Çağıltay, metu...

Turkish Internet: Growth Trends and

Use Patterns

Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, [email protected]

Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009

Turkish InternetTurkish Internet

How big is it?How many computers are connected?How many users?Growth and use trends?How about the others?


Methodological ProblemsMethodological Problems

How to count? Computer numbers? Users? Number of DNS registered computers? Questionnaire?

Who will count? METU? Türk Telekom? RIPE? TUIK? ISPs?


.tr DNS Registered Computers.tr DNS Registered ComputersApril 1993 – April 2008 : 15 yrsApril 1993 – April 2008 : 15 yrs

April 1993 : 194 computers April 1994 : 1.018 April 1995 : 2.744 April 1996 : 8.613 April 1997 : 22.769 April 1998 : 34.145 April 1999 : 60.767 April 2000 : 84.000 April 2001 : 90.000 April 2002 : 117.000 April 2003 : 220.000 April 2004 : 415.000 April 2008 : 568.000

Source: RIPE hostcount


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.tr DNS Records.tr DNS RecordsJune 2009June 2009

Nic.tr recordsTotal registered domains 194,869Driving force is .com.tr, 130,283How about .com domains?

# of Internet users?194,869 * 100 = 19,869,000

Source: www.nic.tr


Distribution of Registered Distribution of Registered DomainsDomains


.tr DNS Records : com.tr.tr DNS Records : com.tr2003 – 20092003 – 2009


.tr Alan Adı Kayıtları.tr Alan Adı KayıtlarıHaziran 1999 – Kasım 2005Haziran 1999 – Kasım 2005


According to TUIKAccording to TUIK

16-74 age groupComputer users 38,1 % Internet users 35,8 % (64.2% never used)

59,7 % of them everyday usersPlaces to access the Internet:

Home 55,2 % Workplace 38,4 % Internet Cafe 24,2 %


Internet Users – 2008 Internet Users – 2008 (16-74 ages)(16-74 ages)

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16 - 24 6 082 120 5 254 609 2 761 185 45,4 4 171 903 65,6

25 - 34 6 089 135 6 564 992 1 834 047 30,1 3 231 549 51,8

35 - 44 4 992 087 4 912 100 1 001 786 20,1 1 809 470 35,6

45 - 54 3 949 339 3 687 825 453 136 11,5 1 040 157 26,1

55 - 64 2 607 696 2 184 186 49 310 1,9 274 767 11,2

65 - 74 1 616 952 1 347 666 11 163 0,7 29 492 2,2

25,337,329 25,473,826 6 110 627 10 557 337

Source: TUIK


2004 – 2008 Increase2004 – 2008 Increase

Ages 2004 2005 2008

16-24 2 881 504 3 022 829 6 845 581

25-34 1 994 081 2 154 226 5 070 303

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55-64 69 867 104 352 327 208

65-74 12 484 26 461 40 728

Total 6 234 339 6 712 496 16 593 262

Source: TUIK


Users’ Education LevelUsers’ Education Level

Higher Ed. : 87.2% (3.8M)High and vocational high school: 64%

(9.9M)Sec. and voc. sec school: 40.8% (9M)Elementary school 9.6% (18M)Literate without diploma: 2.2% (13M) Illiterate 4.9M

Source: TUIK


Use PatternsUse Patterns

IndividualsNewspapers: 76%E-mail: 74%IM: 69.7%Download/listen music: 65.2%

OrganizationsBanking/financial: 77.6%Market Monitoring: 77%Training and education: 33%


Problem?Problem?

TUIK only considers 16-74 age group <16 ages group

ChildrenElderly >74?


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So what?So what?

Looks like a major increase but ....Large gap compare to EUMajority is High SES users Low PC penetration = Low use e-services and e-gov. applications

need to be increasedEasy to use services are required


Questions and CommentsQuestions and Comments

Referenceswww.ripe.netwww.tuik.gov.trwww.nic.trwww.metu.edu.tr/~kursat/hosts

http://www.ripe.net/

http://www.tuik.gov.tr/

http://www.nic.tr/

http://www.metu.edu.tr/~kursat/hosts


Kullanıcı Sayısı: 2005Kullanıcı Sayısı: 2005

Yaş Kadın Erkek Kadın Erkek

16-24 5615420 5254609 1057079 1965750

25-34 6365819 6564992 676835 1477391

35-44 4856389 4912100 243235 704745

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65-74 1538969 1347666 2201 242602.085.241 4.627.255

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