page_title: Turkish Wikipedia
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Turkish Wikipedia / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Turkish Wikipedia logo with red censor bar reading "2 yıldır özlüyoruz" (English: "we miss you for 2 years"), as visible on Thursday 5 December 2019. Taken from zoomed-in screenshot of Turkish-language Wikipedia main page, and edited to replace grey background with white background
context_page_description: The Turkish Wikipedia is the Turkish language edition of Wikipedia, spelled Vikipedi. Started in December 2002, as of 5 August 2020 this edition has 360,748 articles and is the 30th largest Wikipedia edition, and ranks 8th in terms of depth among Wikipedias.
context_section_description: In November 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. 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.
  In 2015, its banner drawing attention to the gender bias on Wikipedia drew the attention of Turkish media.
  On 29 April 2017, the Turkish government blocked access to Wikipedia. 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. 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.
caption: The logo displayed after the second anniversary of the ban, with the message "2 yıldır özlüyoruz" (English: "missing you for two years")
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