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Main Page of the Turkish Wikipedia in September 2022
Type of site
Internet encyclopedia project
Available inTurkish
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
URLtr.wikipedia.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
Launched5 December 2002 (2002-12-05)
Current statusActive. Regional block lifted on 15 January 2020

The Turkish Wikipedia (Turkish: Türkçe Vikipedi) is the Turkish language edition of Wikipedia, spelled Vikipedi. Started on 5 December 2002, as of 10 January 2024, this edition has 551,865 articles and is the 27th largest Wikipedia edition, and ranks 16th in terms of depth among Wikipedias.[1]

Turkish Wikipedia is the most popular Wikipedia in Turkey, with approximately 80 to 140 million pageviews depending the month and season. Turkish has a rapidly growing readership not only at the Turkish minorities living in the countries bordering Turkey, but also in Azerbaijan (more than 3 million pageviews per month) and Turkmenistan (where 250 thousand pageviews were recorded in July 2022), where Oghuz languages are spoken.[2]

History

In 2006, the Turkish Wikipedia was nominated under the Science category for Altın Örümcek Web Ödülleri (Golden Spider Web Awards), which are commonly known as the "Web Oscars" for Turkey.[3] In January 2007, the Turkish Wikipedia was given the award for "Best Content" in this competition. The award was given in a ceremony on 25 January 2007 at Istanbul Technical University.[4][5]

In 2015, its banner drawing attention to the gender bias on Wikipedia drew the attention of the Turkish media.[6]

On 29 April 2017, the Turkish government blocked access to Wikipedia.[7] While the reasons for the blockage were unrevealed, some believe that the encyclopedia had been blocked due to the Turkish government's concerns about articles critical of its actions regarding Turkey–ISIL cooperation.[8][9] In December 2019, Turkey's highest court ruled that the ban violated freedom of expression. On 15 January 2020, the ban was lifted after 991 days.[10]

Milestones

  • January 2004 — 100 articles
  • July 2004 — 1,000 articles
  • November 2005 — 10,000 articles
  • March 2007 — ~55,000 articles
  • February 2008 — 100,000 articles[11]
  • 9 December 2012 — 200,000 articles[12]
  • 27 April 2021 — 400,000 articles
  • 8 July 2022 — 500,000 articles[13]

References

  1. ↑ "List of Wikipedias - Meta". Meta.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Wikimedia Statistics - Pageviews by country for Turkish Wikipedia, July 2022". stas.wikimedia.org. map|2022-07-31~2022-08-01|(access)~desktop*mobile-app*mobile-web|monthly. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "5. Altın Örümcek Web Ödülleri".
  4. ↑ "Altın Örümcek - Geçmiş Yıllar - Değerlendirme Süreci". Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Altın Örümcek ödülleri açıklandı". 10 April 2008.
  6. ↑ "Google 8 Mart Dünya Kadınlar Günü doodle'ı hazırladı" (in Turkish). Radikal. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Turkish authorities block Wikipedia". BBC News. BBC. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Terör destekçisi Wikipedia'ya yasak" (in Turkish). Sabah. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Turkey blocks Wikipedia over what it calls terror 'smear campaign'". CNN. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Turkey restores access to Wikipedia after 991 days". NetBlocks. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "List of Wikipedias/Table - Meta".
  12. ↑ Wikipedia:Milestone statistics
  13. ↑ Wikipedia:Milestone statistics
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