.istanbul

.istanbul

Introduced	Officially introduced in 2016
TLD type	Generic top-level domain
Status	delegated
Registry	Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Sponsor	MEDYA A.Ş.
Intended use	See article
Actual use	Launched January 27, 2016
Structure	Registrations are being taken directly at second level
Documents	ICANN registry agreement
Dispute policies	UDRP
Website	.istanbul

.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 İstanbul's historical heritage and help economic growth by allowing unlimited and open registration of the names.^[2]^[3]

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

References

List of Generic top-level domains

Current

General	.bar .berlin .bible .biz .church .club .college .com .cymru .design .eus .gal .green .hiv .info .ist .istanbul .kaufen .kiwi .lat .london .moe .name .net .ninja .nyc .OOO .org .paris .pro .quebec .saarland .scot .tokyo .wales .wien .wiki .xyz

Sponsored	.aero .asia .cat .coop .edu .gov .int .jobs .mil .mobi .museum .post .tel .travel .xxx

Infrastructure	.arpa

Deleted/retired	.nato

Reserved	.example .invalid .localhost .onion .test

Proposed

Locations	.africa .bcn .lat .бг

Language and nationality	.bzh .eng .sic .бг

Technical	.geo .mail .web

Business	.shop

Other	.art .eco .kid .kids .music

Country code top-level domains

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.istanbul

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