Editing Economy of Turkey (section)

====Communications====
{{Main|Communications in Turkey}}

As of 2008, there were 17,502,000 operational [[landline|landline telephones]] in Turkey, which ranked 18th in the world;<ref name=CIAFactbookTurkey>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/turkey/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110073821/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/turkey |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 January 2021 |title=CIA World Factbook: Turkey |publisher=Cia.gov |access-date=2011-08-29}}</ref> while there were 65,824,000 registered [[mobile phone]]s in the country, which ranked 15th in the world during the same year.<ref name=CIAFactbookTurkey/> The largest landline telephone operator is [[Türk Telekom]], which also owns [[TTNET]], the largest [[internet service provider]] in Turkey.{{Cn|date=September 2023|reason=Need independent reliable source}} The largest mobile phone operators in the country are [[Turkcell]], [[Vodafone Turkey]], [[Avea]] and [[TTNET|TTNET Mobil]].{{Cn|date=September 2023|reason=Need independent reliable source}}

The telecommunications liberalisation process started in 2004 after the creation of the Telecommunication Authority, and is still ongoing.{{Cn|date=September 2023|reason=Need independent reliable source}} Private sector companies operate in mobile telephony, long-distance telephony and Internet access. Additional digital exchanges are permitting a rapid increase in subscribers;{{Cn|date=September 2023|reason=Need independent reliable source}} the construction of a network of technologically advanced intercity trunk lines, using both [[Optical fiber|fiber-optic cable]] and digital microwave radio relay, is facilitating communication between urban centres.<ref name=CIAFactbookTurkey/>

The remote areas of the country are reached by a domestic satellite system, while the number of subscribers to mobile-cellular telephone service is growing rapidly.<ref name=CIAFactbookTurkey/>

The main line international telephone service is provided by the [[SEA-ME-WE 3]] submarine communications cable and by [[fiber-optic communication|submarine fiber-optic cables]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and [[Black Sea]] that link Turkey with Italy, Greece, Israel, Bulgaria, Romania, and Russia.<ref name=CIAFactbookTurkey/> In 2002, there were 12 [[Intelsat]] satellite earth stations; and 328 mobile satellite terminals in the [[Inmarsat]] and [[Eutelsat]] systems.<ref name=CIAFactbookTurkey/>

[[Türksat (company)|Türksat A.Ş.]] is the primary [[communications satellite]] operator of Turkey, controlling the [[Turksat (satellite)|Turksat series of satellites]]. [[Göktürk-1]], [[Göktürk-2]] and [[Göktürk-3]] are Turkey's [[earth observation satellite]]s for [[reconnaissance]], operated by the [[Ministry of National Defense (Turkey)|Turkish Ministry of National Defense]]. [[BILSAT-1]] and [[RASAT]] are the scientific observation satellites operated by the [[TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute]], which (together with [[Turkish Aerospace Industries]] and [[Aselsan]]) also takes part in the production of Turkey's satellites.{{Cn|date=September 2023|reason=Need independent reliable source}}

As of 2001, there were 16 AM, 107 FM, and 6 shortwave radio stations in the country.<ref name=CIAFactbookTurkey/>{{Needs update|date=May 2024|reason=This data is almost a quarter century old.}}

As of 2015, there were 42,275,017 [[internet user]]s in Turkey, which ranked 15th in the world;<ref name=CIAFactbookTurkey/> while as of 2012, there were 7,093,000 [[internet host]]s in the country, which ranked 16th in the world.<ref name=CIAFactbookTurkey/>