.tr Domain Names
3 registrars compared — cheapest from $5.99 at Regery
Delegated in 1990, .tr is Turkey's country-code domain, but the real action happens under it — com.tr has long been the workhorse, with over 100,000 registrations back in 2008.
| # | Registrar | Registration | Renewal | Transfer | 5-Year Cost | 10-Year Cost | |
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| 1 | Regery Cheapest | $5.99 | $9.99 | $1.99 | $45.95 | $95.90 | Visit |
| 2 | Hostinger | $21.99 | $29.99 | $21.99 | $141.95 | $291.90 | Visit |
| 3 | EuroDNS | $78.10 | $78.10 | $78.10 | $390.50 | $781.00 | Visit |
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The State Behind the Suffix
Unlike many ccTLDs that leave registry duties to a university or a private company, .tr is overseen by a government body: the Bilgi Teknolojileri ve İletişim Kurumu (BTK), Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority. The delegation happened in September 1990, and the registry's own portal, trabis.gov.tr, still carries that government flavor. That state stewardship shapes everything downstream — registration policy, dispute handling, and even technical standards like DNSSEC, which .tr has not yet adopted. Registering here means entering a regulatory environment, not just buying a domain.
Not a Free-for-All: The Residency Requirement
Many country domains let anyone from anywhere grab a name. .tr does not. The restrictions require that registrants be located in Turkey or have a representative there. That's a meaningful barrier for foreign businesses and individuals who just want a slick .tr address. The rule exists to keep the namespace tied to local presence, but it also means international registrants often need a local proxy or partner. This isn't a domain you can quietly register from anywhere without planning. For a Turkish company operating abroad, it's a non-issue; for everyone else, it's a bureaucratic hurdle worth knowing about.
The Real Workhorse: com.tr and Its Siblings
Bare .tr exists, but the ecosystem really runs on second-level labels like com.tr, which the Wikipedia article notes had 103,175 registrations as of February 2008 — a figure that likely understates current volume. Each of these subdomains carries its own restrictions: com.tr for commercial entities, gen.tr for generic uses, and others for specific sectors. So when people talk about "a Turkish domain," they almost always mean a .com.tr or similar. The bare .tr is technically available, but it's the structured hierarchy underneath that gives .tr its character — and that's where the registration rules get granular.
A ccTLD With a Government Dispute Process
Disputes over .tr names aren't handled by an offshore arbitration provider; they go through a Dispute Resolution mechanism anchored to Turkey's regulatory framework. That's a double-edged sword. On one hand, it means local trademark holders get a familiar, state-backed process. On the other, international registrants may find the procedure less predictable than, say, a UDRP-style system. The BTK's role as both registry overseer and dispute authority is unusual among ccTLDs. Registering defensively or buying a name with brand implications means budgeting time and possibly local counsel to navigate a process that doesn't mirror Western norms.