Domains, which we can define as Internet territories, determine the Internet domain that belongs to you. In areas closed by these domains, no one other than you can share content or claim any rights. Of course, these fields are used in countries together with individuals and institutions. For example, the domain name “turkiye.gov.tr”, which we see frequently and belongs to the E-Government system. One of these domains, “turkey.org” does not belong to Turkey anymore! Here are the details…
Turkey’s “turkey.org” was sold to foreigners at a very cheap price! So why?
In 1995, the domain name “turkey.org” was purchased on behalf of Turkey by the Washington Embassy. More precisely, it is rented periodically. Because the domains you will buy over the internet are like summer houses that you will rent for a long time. They are completely yours for a certain period of time and if you do not extend the contract, you will be kicked out.
The domain “turkey.org”, purchased by the Washington Embassy 28 years ago, was sold to a foreigner for $ 15,759 last week. You may have heard of vehicles with special plates, and people pay up to 100 thousand dollars just for the plates with their names. In addition to these, 15 thousand dollars for a beautiful domain consisting of only the name of a country and without any letter repetition is like a cookie money.
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The domain was sold through GoDaddy on July 9, 2023. “turkey.org”, which has the title of being the second most expensive sale made on the same day, was bought from a country and given to a person for 15 thousand 759 dollars. It was seen that the other names on the sales list were domain names that would stand out in Google searches rather than a country name.
There is no official explanation or data on why the domain name was sold. Turkey’s desire to switch to Turkish domain names rather than English domain names, or to switch to different domain names such as “turkey.net” instead of “turkey.org” may be the reasons for the domain not to be renewed.
So what do you think about the sale of the “turkey.org” domain name? Don’t forget to give your opinion in the comments section…