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Turkish-language edition of Misplaced Pages
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Screenshot Main Page of the Turkish Misplaced Pages in September 2022
Type of siteInternet encyclopedia project
Available inTurkish
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
URLtr.wikipedia.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
Launched5 December 2002; 22 years ago (2002-12-05)
Current statusActive. Regional block lifted on 15 January 2020
Content licenseCreative Commons Attribution/
Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL)
Media licensing varies

The Turkish Misplaced Pages (Turkish: Türkçe Vikipedi) is the Turkish language edition of Misplaced Pages, spelled Vikipedi. Started on 5 December 2002, as of 6 January 2025, this edition has 626,172 articles and is the 25th largest Misplaced Pages edition, and ranks 16th in terms of depth among Wikipedias. Turkish Misplaced Pages has around 3 billion pageviews each year.

In March 2017, before the block of Misplaced Pages in Turkey, 90% of pageviews of Turkish Misplaced Pages were from within the country. Germany was second with 2% share, as there are many Turks in Germany. Azerbaijan was the third country with 1.4% share, as Turkish and Azerbaijani are mutually intelligible Oghuz languages. Although the block was lifted in 2020, statistics for pageviews in Turkey and most other Turkic speaking countries are no longer published; but those for some countries; such as Kyrgyzstan, Germany and the United States are.

History

In 2006, the Turkish Misplaced Pages was nominated under the Science category for Altın Örümcek Web Ödülleri [tr] (Golden Spider Web Awards), which are commonly known as the "Web Oscars" for Turkey. In January 2007, the Turkish Misplaced Pages was given the award for "Best Content" in this competition. The award was given in a ceremony on 25 January 2007 at Istanbul Technical University.

In 2015, its banner drawing attention to the gender bias on Misplaced Pages drew the attention of the Turkish media.

On 29 April 2017, the Turkish government blocked access to Misplaced Pages. While the reasons for the blockage were unrevealed, some believe that the encyclopedia had been blocked due to the Turkish government's concerns about articles critical of its actions regarding Turkey–ISIL cooperation. In December 2019, the Constitutional Court of Turkey ruled that the ban violated freedom of expression. On 15 January 2020, the ban was lifted after 991 days.

Statistics

As of 2024, the Wikimedia Foundation says about Türkiye and Turkmenistan:

“These countries and territories are at higher risk of action being taken against Wikimedia community members for on-platform activities.”

so it:

“can publish aggregated data about only using differential privacy such that any consumer of the data will be (in the worst case) at most 2.5% more certain about a data subject's presence or absence in the dataset.”

The censored variation of the logo used during the block

Milestones

  • January 2004 — 100 articles
  • July 2004 — 1,000 articles
  • November 2005 — 10,000 articles
  • March 2007 — 55,000 articles
  • February 2008 — 100,000 articles
  • 9 December 2012 — 200,000 articles
  • 27 April 2021 — 400,000 articles
  • 8 July 2022 — 500,000 articles
  • 6 April 2024 — 600,000 articles

References

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  2. "Wikistats - Statistics For Wikimedia Projects". stats.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
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  8. "Google 8 Mart Dünya Kadınlar Günü doodle'ı hazırladı" (in Turkish). Radikal. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  9. "Turkish authorities block Misplaced Pages". BBC News. BBC. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  10. "Terör destekçisi Misplaced Pages'ya yasak" (in Turkish). Sabah. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  11. "Turkey blocks Misplaced Pages over what it calls terror 'smear campaign'". CNN. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  12. "Turkey restores access to Misplaced Pages after 991 days". NetBlocks. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
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  15. ^ Misplaced Pages:Milestone statistics

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