.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]

.istanbul
Introduced29 May 2015
TLD typeGeoTLD
Statusdelegated
RegistryIstanbul Metropolitan Municipality
SponsorMEDYA A.Ş.
Intended useEntities associated with Istanbul
Actual useActive as of January 27, 2016
StructureRegistrations are being taken directly at second level
DocumentsICANN registry agreement
Dispute policiesUDRP
DNSSECYes
Registry website.istanbul

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

See also

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References

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  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.