Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Ömer Fatih Sayan recently announced that there will be a significant change in domain names in Turkey. Sayan, in his post on X A new domain name with TR extension announced that more will be added.

Domain names such as “gov.tr” and “com.tr” have been assigned in Turkey for years. Sayan’s statement today showed that a new era will dawn instead.

Turkey’s new domain name is “.tr”

According to the statements, domain names now include “a.trWe will see the extension “. In other words, instead of “com.tr” we will be able to see only “.tr” simpler and shorter domain names. As Sayan gave an example in his statement, short domain names such as “fatih.tr ” Being registered.

In addition, Sayan will receive the new domain name TRABIS (.tr network information system) He added that it would be opened for allocation by . TRABİS, which operates within the Information Technologies and Communications Authority (BTK), opened in 2022 as a system that allows the operation and updating of the Internet domain name system and database with the “.tr” extension and the submission of domain name applications. In 2019, BTK took over the registration and management of “.tr” domain names, which had been carried out by METU since 1991.