Telecommunication in Turkey

Compared to the European Union, Turkey is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +90, there were a total of 91.75 million connections in 2018. Among them were 80.12 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.97 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Turkey is back. Around 71% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 16% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 7.09 million webhosts, Turkey is below the world's average by population.


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Development of telephone and internet connections

The following diagrams show the development of the different telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that on average every inhabitant has more than one subscription.


Spread of internet connections in Turkey 1990 - 2018




Broadband internet in Turkey 2001 - 2018




Landlines in the years 1990 - 2018




Mobile phones in Turkey 1990 - 2018




Spreading in 2018 Turkey
Total		 Turkey
percent		 EU
Total		 EU
percent
Internet users 58.48 m 71.04 % 368.20 m 82.41 %
Broadband users 13.41 m 16.29 % 152.50 m 34.13 %
Landlines 11.63 m 14.13 % 171.14 m 38.31 %
Mobile cellulars 80.12 m 97.33 % 545.16 m 122.02 %