.tr

**.tr** is country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of Turkey. It is administered by TRABİS (.tr Network Information Center, ). Before TRABİS; Nic.TR, owned by Middle East Technical University, was managing it but .tr domain was transferred to TRABİS on 12 September 2022. As of September 2024, 1,250,077 domain names have .tr TLD.

## Second-level domains

.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.

### Restricted subdomains

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

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
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<small>**Note:** The following three domains might want some documents on some cases.</small>
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- **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

On 14 September 2023, TRABİS announced that domain registrations can be directly second-level (such as a.tr). Then, registrations started with the following order:
1. Governmental organizations had a domain with "gov.tr, "edu.tr", "tsk.tr", "bel.tr", "pol.tr", "k12.tr"
<small>**(14 September 2023 - 14 November 2023)**</small>
1. Non-profit organizations had a domain with "org.tr"
<small>**(14 November 2023 - 14 February 2024)**</small>
1. 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"
**<small>(14 October 2024 - 7 August 2024)</small>**

Today, directly .tr domain registration is available for everyone.

## Internationalized domain name support

.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.

## Infobox (top level domain)

- **name**: .tr
- **image**:
- **removed**: none
- **type**: ccTLD
- **status**: Active
- **registry**: TRABİS
- **sponsor**: Bilgi Teknolojileri ve İletişim Kurumu
- **intendeduse**: Entities connected with
- **actualuse**: Mostly uses in Turkey
- **restrictions**: Person or organization must be located Turkey.
- **structure**: Domains may registry in Second-level domain, second-level (such as example.tr) or third-level (such as example.com.tr)
- **registereddomains**: 1,250,077
- **dateregistereddomains**: September 2024
- **dnssec**: Yes
- **idn**: Yes