.istanbul and .ist are approved top level domains (TLD) for the Internet. It is a community-based sponsored top-level domain by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and subsidiary Medya A.Ş.[1] According to the Medya A.Ş., .istanbul will improve awareness on Istanbul's historical heritage and help economic growth by allowing unlimited and open registration of the names.[2][3]
Along with TLDs such as .cat and .asia, .istanbul and other new TLDs fall into the new category of GeoTLDs.
See also
References
- ^ "Istanbul becomes a new web domain name". Aa.com.tr. 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
- ^ "Istanbul Merkezi Kayıt Kurumu | nic.istanbul". www.nic.istanbul.
- ^ "Istanbul gets its own Internet domain name". Daily Sabah. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-15.