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Turkish Internet: Growth Trends and Use Patterns. Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, METU kursat@metu.edu.tr. Turkish Internet. How big is it? How many computers are connected? How many users? Growth and use trends? How about the others?. Methodological Problems. How to count?
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Turkish Internet: Growth Trends and Use Patterns Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, METU kursat@metu.edu.tr
Turkish Internet • How big is it? • How many computers are connected? • How many users? • Growth and use trends? • How about the others? Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
Methodological Problems • How to count? • Computer numbers? • Users? • Number of DNS registered computers? • Questionnaire? • Who will count? • METU? • Türk Telekom? • RIPE? • TUIK? • ISPs? Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
.tr DNS Registered ComputersApril 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 Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
DNS Registered Computers April 1993 – April. 2008 : 15 yrs Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
WWW servers (www.x.y.tr)Jan 1999 – Apr. 2008 Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
.tr DNS RecordsJune 2009 • Nic.tr records • Total registered domains 194,869 • Driving force is .com.tr, 130,283 • How about .com domains? • # of Internet users? • 194,869 * 100 = 19,869,000 Source: www.nic.tr Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
Distribution of Registered Domains Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
.tr DNS Records : com.tr2003 – 2009 Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
.tr Alan Adı KayıtlarıHaziran 1999 – Kasım 2005 Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
.tr Alan Adı KayıtlarıHaziran 1999 – Kasım 2005 Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
.tr Alan Adı KayıtlarıHaziran 1999 – Kasım 2005 Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
According to TUIK • 16-74 age group • Computer users 38,1 % • Internet users 35,8 % (64.2% never used) • 59,7% of them everyday users • Places to access the Internet: • Home 55,2 % • Workplace 38,4 % • Internet Cafe 24,2 % Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
Internet Users – 2008 (16-74 ages) 25,337,329 10 557 337 6 110 627 25,473,826 Source: TUIK Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
2004 – 2008 Increase Source: TUIK Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
Users’ 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 Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
Use Patterns • Individuals • Newspapers: 76% • E-mail: 74% • IM: 69.7% • Download/listen music: 65.2% • Organizations • Banking/financial: 77.6% • Market Monitoring: 77% • Training and education: 33% Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
Problem? • TUIK only considers 16-74 age group • <16 ages group • Children • Elderly >74? Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
Compare to EU Individuals regularly using the Internet Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
So what? • Looks like a major increase but .... • Large gap compare to EU • Majority is High SES users • Low PC penetration = Low use • e-services and e-gov. applications need to be increased • Easy to use services are required Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
Questions and Comments • References www.ripe.net www.tuik.gov.tr www.nic.tr www.metu.edu.tr/~kursat/hosts Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009
Kullanıcı Sayısı: 2005 2.085.241 4.627.255 Assoc.Prof. Kürşat Çağıltay, TED 2009