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Turkey
ICT4D resources on Turkey
| Quick Facts |
|
|---|---|
| Total population |
74 million |
| GNI per capita |
USD 8,030 |
| GDP growth 2000–2007 |
5.9% (avg. annual) |
| Adult literacy rate |
89% of ages 15 and older |
| Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment |
69% |
| Telephone lines (per 100 people) |
24.6 |
| Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) |
83.9 |
| Internet subscribers (per 100 people) |
6.3 |
| 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 (% of total Internet subscribers) |
97.2 |
| International Internet bandwidth (bits/second/person) | 1,381 |
Source: ICT at a Glance (World Bank)
Information Society Department
General Resources
Development Gateway's Country Resources
The Economist’s Country Briefing
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.
(in Korean)