Introduced | 1987 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | Middle East Technical University |
Sponsor | Middle East Technical University Computer Center DNS Group |
Intended use | Entities connected with Turkey |
Actual use | Very popular in Turkey, especially com.tr subdomain (as of 19 February 2008, there were 103,175 com.tr registrations) |
Registration restrictions | Restrictions on generic names, registrant must be located in Turkey or have representative there |
Structure | Second-level registrations were initially prohibited; registration was at third level beneath generic-category 2nd level domains, with the exception of the registrar website nic.tr |
Website | nic.tr |
.tr is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Turkey. It is administered by Middle East Technical University Computer Center. .nc.tr is used as a second-level domain for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is a self declared state and not recognised by the United Nations, and as such has no country code assigned.
Initially, nic.tr, the official registry's domain, was the only second-level domain under this TLD and other second-level domains were prohibited. However, recently tsk.tr is registered as a second-level domain.
It is also used in many Team Fortress 2 based websites such as scrap.tf.