Telecommunication in Turkey

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 29.09 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Turkey ranked 101st in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 5.7 Mbit/second was significantly lower (141st place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 5th place.
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Turkey comes 58th with a download speed of 32.17 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 13 Mbit was enough for 34th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in April 2022 from 181 countries.

The following diagrams show the development of the various 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 connection.

Access to the Internet in Turkey from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Turkey 2001 - 2020

Turkey is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 78% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 20% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the former ISDN (more than 256 kbit/s). All fixed connections via DSL, cable or satellite were counted here, but not those connected to the Internet via mobile communications. With around 3.3 people per household, this means that around 65.5 percent of all households are equipped with a fast Internet connection.