.tr
 | |
| Introduced | September 17, 1987 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | ccTLD |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | TRABİS |
| Sponsor | Bilgi Teknolojileri ve İletişim Kurumu |
| Intended use | Entities connected with  Turkey |
| Actual use | Mostly uses in Turkey |
| Registered domains | 1,250,077 (September 2024)[1] |
| Registration restrictions | Person or organization must be located Turkey. |
| Structure | Domains may registry in second-level (such as example.tr) or third-level (such as example.com.tr) |
| DNSSEC | Yes |
| IDN | Yes |
| Registry website | trabis |
.tr is country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of Turkey. It is administered by TRABİS (.tr Network Information Center, .tr Ağ Bilgi Merkezi). Before TRABİS; Nic.TR, owned by Middle East Technical University, was managing it but .tr domain was transferred to TRABİS on 12 September 2022.[2][3] As of September 2024, 1,250,077 domain names have .tr TLD.[1]
Second-level domains
[change | change source].tr domain has some second-level domains (SLD) for classification. There are two parts which are restricted and non-restricted subdomains. These subdomains are listed below.[4]
Restricted subdomains
[change | change source]These subdomains require a few documents.
- .gov.tr: Government websites
- .bel.tr: Municipality websites (that has a few exceptions such as İstanbul)
- .pol.tr: Police websites
- .edu.tr: University websites
- .k12.tr: Primary, secondary and high school websites
- .av.tr: Lawyer websites
- .dr.tr: Doctor and health organization websites
- .tsk.tr: Turkish Army Forces websites (the new version of .mil.tr)
- .ct.tr: Northern Cyprus websites (limited using, the new version of .nc.tr)
The necessary documents must be submitted within 15 days. The domain is registered in 2 days after the documents are transmitted.
Non-restricted subdomains
[change | change source]These subdomains don't require documents but have several informal rules. Actually, these rules aren't imperative.
- com.tr: Commercial websites
- net.tr: Commercial websites
- org.tr: Nonprofit organization websites
- biz.tr: Commercial websites
- info.tr: commercial websites
- tv.tr: TV channels, programs etc. websites
- gen.tr: General
- web.tr: General
Note: The following three domains might want some documents on some cases.
- tel.tr: Telephone number websites (Onyl can register in Turkey)
- name.tr: Personal websites (Onyl can register in Turkey)
- bbs.tr: BBS (Bulletin Board System) websites (Onyl can register in Turkey)
a.tr program
[change | change source]On 14 September 2023, TRABİS announced that domain registrations can be directly second-level (such as a.tr).[5] Then, registrations started with the following order:[6]
- Governmental organizations had a domain with "gov.tr, "edu.tr", "tsk.tr", "bel.tr", "pol.tr", "k12.tr"
(14 September 2023 - 14 November 2023) - Non-profit organizations had a domain with "org.tr"
(14 November 2023 - 14 February 2024) - Any organizations or people had a domain with "kep.tr", "av.tr", "dr.tr", "com.tr", "org.tr", "net.tr", "gen.tr", "web.tr", "name.tr", "info.tr", "tv.tr", "bbs.tr", "tel.tr"
(14 October 2024 - 7 August 2024)
Today, directly .tr domain registration is available for everyone.
Internationalized domain name support
[change | change source].tr domain names support internationalized domain name (IDN) registrations. Domain names can include "ç, ğ, ı, ö, ü, ş" letters. However IDN domain names are generally not used.[7]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ".tr statistics". TRABİS. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ↑ ".tr delegation data". IANA. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ↑ "Nic.TR". Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ↑ "İnternet Alan Adları Yönetmeliği" (in Turkish). Legislation Information System. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Türkiye'nin yeni alan adı açıklandı! Yeni alan adı ne oldu, ne zaman geçiş yapılacak? - Teknoloji Haberleri" (in Turkish). Habertürk. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "a.tr duyuru sayfası" (in Turkish). TRABİS. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ↑ "Türkçe karakterli alan adları hayata geçiyor" (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
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