Turkish Wikipedia

Turkish Wikipedia
Type of site
Internet encyclopedia project
Available in Turkish
Headquarters Miami, Florida
Owner Wikimedia Foundation
Website tr.wikipedia.org
Commercial No
Registration Optional
Launched December 2002 (2002-12)
Current status Active

The Turkish Wikipedia (Turkish: Türkçe Vikipedi) is the Turkish language edition of Wikipedia, spelled Vikipedi. Started in December 2002, as of 17 December 2016 this edition has 287,470 articles and is the 30th largest Wikipedia edition.[1]

In November 2006, the Turkish Wikipedia was nominated under the Science category for Altın Örümcek Web Ödülleri (Golden Spider Web Awards), which are commonly known as the "Web Oscars" for Turkey.[2] In January 2007, the Turkish Wikipedia 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.[3][4]

In 2015, its banner drawing attention to the gender bias on Wikipedia drew the attention of Turkish media.[5]

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References

Turkish edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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