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.istanbul

Introduced	29 May 2015
TLD type	GeoTLD
Status	delegated
Registry	Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Sponsor	MEDYA A.Ş.
Intended use	Entities associated with Istanbul
Actual use	Active as of January 27, 2016
Structure	Registrations are being taken directly at second level
Documents	ICANN registry agreement
Dispute policies	UDRP
DNSSEC	Yes
Registry website	.istanbul

.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. 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.

Along with TLDs such as .cat and .asia, .istanbul and other new TLDs fall into the new category of GeoTLDs.

See also

• .tr

References

1. "Istanbul becomes a new web domain name". Aa.com.tr. 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
2. "Istanbul Merkezi Kayıt Kurumu | nic.istanbul". www.nic.istanbul.
3. "Istanbul gets its own Internet domain name". Daily Sabah. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-15.

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