Turkey

ICT4D resources on Turkey

Quick Facts
Total population	79.75 million (2012 est.)
GDP per capita	USD 14,700 (2011 est.)
Literacy rate	87.4% (Male: 95.3%, Female: 79.6%)
Telephone lines (per 100 people)	20.66 (2011)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)	88.70 (2011)
Internet subscribers (per 100 people)	42.10 (2011)
Personal computers (per 100 people)	6.0
Households with a television set	112%
International voice traffic (minutes/person/month)	2.5
Mobile telephone usage (minutes/user/month)	69
Internet users (per 100 people)	16.5
Population covered by mobile cellular network	98%
Fixed broadband subscribers (per 100 people)	10.29 (2011)
International Internet bandwidth (bits/second/person)	1,381

Source: ICT at a Glance (World Bank)

ITU ICT EYE

Information Society Department

General Resources

Country Profile (BBC)

Development Gateway's Country Resources

The Economist’s Country Briefing

The World Factbook (CIA)

Resources on E-Co Hub

Providing access to basic literacy education with educational TV

To introduce literacy concepts to wider audiences, the authors developed a TV programme "Bizim Sınıf" (Our Classroom) in collaboration with a private broadcast company whose TV channel is viewed all across Turkey. The goal of the paper is to (a) describe this TV programme in detail, (b) report the evaluation data and (c) discuss the implications for this type of distance education for other regions around the world to increase access to education.

Turkey Information Society Strategy (2006-2010)

This document provides a five-year strategy for Turkey in transforming the country towards an information society.