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.tr
IntroducedSeptember 17, 1987; 38 years ago (1987-09-17)
Removednone
TLD typeccTLD
StatusActive
RegistryTRABİS
SponsorBilgi Teknolojileri ve İletişim Kurumu
Intended useEntities connected with  Turkey
Actual useMostly uses in Turkey
Registered domains1,250,077 (September 2024)[1]
Registration restrictionsPerson or organization must be located Turkey.
StructureDomains may registry in second-level (such as example.tr) or third-level (such as example.com.tr)
DNSSECYes
IDNYes
Registry websitetrabis.gov.tr

.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

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.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

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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

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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

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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]

  1. Governmental organizations had a domain with "gov.tr, "edu.tr", "tsk.tr", "bel.tr", "pol.tr", "k12.tr"
    (14 September 2023 - 14 November 2023)
  2. Non-profit organizations had a domain with "org.tr"
    (14 November 2023 - 14 February 2024)
  3. 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

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.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

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  1. 1 2 ".tr statistics". TRABİS. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  2. ".tr delegation data". IANA. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  3. "Nic.TR". Archived from the original on 3 November 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  4. "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)
  5. "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)
  6. "a.tr duyuru sayfası" (in Turkish). TRABİS. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  7. "Türkçe karakterli alan adları hayata geçiyor" (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 October 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)