About Turkpidya
Türkiye, in your language
Turkpidya is a free online encyclopedia of Türkiye: practical guides to living, travelling, studying and doing business in the country, written in 16 languages, with free tools that show the source and date of every figure
- English 268 English · 268 guides · since October 2020
- Русский 236 Русский · 236 guides · since February 2021
- Deutsch 210 Deutsch · 210 guides · since October 2020
- Français 206 Français · 206 guides · since February 2021
- Español 168 Español · 168 guides · since February 2021
- العربية 158 العربية · 158 guides · since October 2020
- Italiano 158 Italiano · 158 guides · since March 2021
- 简体中文 148 简体中文 · 148 guides · since March 2021
- Nederlands 147 Nederlands · 147 guides · since February 2021
- Polski 113 Polski · 113 guides · since June 2021
- Български 107 Български · 107 guides · since March 2021
- Português 103 Português (Brasil) · 103 guides · since March 2021
- Română 97 Română · 97 guides · since March 2021
- فارسی 88 فارسی · 88 guides · since December 2021
- Ελληνικά 74 Ελληνικά · 74 guides · since June 2022
- Türkçe 73 Türkçe · 73 guides · since November 2020
Why Turkpidya exists
Introducing the Turks to the world
Turkpidya began in 2020 in Eskişehir, started by a student who had moved to Türkiye and found that clear, reliable information about the country was hard to find in most languages
The idea was simple: explain Türkiye properly, in the reader’s own language, from renting a flat, opening a bank account or seeing a doctor to where to travel, what things cost and the history behind it all
Today the encyclopedia holds 2,354 guides in 16 languages, free tools for everyday questions and an open data service anyone can build on
What you will find here
Read around the world
Readers by country from April 2022 to September 2026, as counted by Google Analytics
- 3,010,527
- readers
- 6,118,689
- page views
- 229
- countries and territories
Where readers come from
- Türkiye 630,954
- Russia 419,626
- Germany 200,633
- Bulgaria 137,392
- France 106,277
- Italy 94,229
- Romania 89,767
- Poland 83,563
- United States 69,467
- China 68,562
What each edition writes about
The share of each edition’s guides in each topic: the darker the cell, the bigger the share
Economy leads in 16 of 16 editions
| Economy | Shopping | Tourism | Culture | History | Cities | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All editions 2,354 | 40% | 18% | 15% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 7% |
| English 268 | 37% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 4% | 6% | 10% |
| Русский 236 | 44% | 19% | 11% | 6% | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Deutsch 210 | 40% | 17% | 14% | 14% | 3% | 4% | 8% |
| Français 206 | 36% | 18% | 17% | 9% | 9% | 3% | 7% |
| Español 168 | 41% | 18% | 15% | 8% | 8% | 3% | 6% |
| العربية 158 | 41% | 19% | 13% | 10% | 5% | 6% | 7% |
| Italiano 158 | 42% | 16% | 16% | 8% | 8% | 4% | 6% |
| 简体中文 148 | 41% | 21% | 14% | 5% | 9% | 3% | 7% |
| Nederlands 147 | 40% | 16% | 12% | 7% | 12% | 4% | 9% |
| Polski 113 | 40% | 19% | 19% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% |
| Български 107 | 36% | 21% | 19% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 7% |
| Português (Brasil) 103 | 42% | 17% | 15% | 4% | 11% | 6% | 7% |
| Română 97 | 39% | 20% | 19% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 7% |
| فارسی 88 | 51% | 16% | 10% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 8% |
| Ελληνικά 74 | 36% | 26% | 12% | 7% | 9% | 3% | 7% |
| Türkçe 73 | 32% | 16% | 11% | 21% | 4% | 5% | 11% |
How far a subject travels
391 subjects make up the 2,354 guides: most are published in several editions, each version written for its own readers
| Editions | Subjects |
|---|---|
| 1 | 108 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 17 |
| 4 | 24 |
| 5 | 29 |
| 6 | 25 |
| 7 | 31 |
| 8 | 26 |
| 9 | 24 |
| 10 | 19 |
| 11 | 21 |
| 12 | 21 |
| 13 | 15 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 5 |
| 16 | 0 |
6.0editions per subject, on average
72%of subjects are published in two editions or more
Built on public data
Our tools read public data from Turkish institutions, and each one shows where its figures come from and the date they are for
Point at a source to see the tools it feeds
- Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye 7
- Ministry of Labour and Social Security 2
- BigPara market data 1
- Energy Market Regulatory Authority 2
- General Directorate of Highways 1
- Presidency of Religious Affairs 2
- Ministry of Culture and Tourism 1
- Provincial chambers of pharmacists 1
- Kandilli Observatory 1
- AFAD, the disaster and emergency authority 1
How we work
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Practical first
We write for people who live in, visit or do business with Türkiye, and answer the questions they actually ask
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Sources on every figure
Figures come from public institutions, and every tool shows where its numbers come from and how recent they are
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Kept up to date
Guides are revised as rules, prices and places change, and every one has been updated in the last 15 months
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In your language
Sixteen editions, from Arabic to Chinese, so you can read about Türkiye in the language you read best
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Free to read
No paywall and no sign-up: the site is supported by advertising
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Corrections welcome
If something is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will put it right
In the press
What Turkish and Arabic media have written about Turkpidya
TRT World TRT Arabi "تركبيديا".. موسوعة معرفية لإثراء المحتوى والتعريف بتركيا بلغات عدة
An encyclopedia to enrich online content and introduce Türkiye in several languages
Read the article In ArabicNTV Türk asıllı Mısırlı genç, 2 milyon kelimelik dijital Türkiye ansiklopedisi hazırladı
A two-million-word digital encyclopedia of Türkiye
Read the article In TurkishDHA Turkpidya, 2021’de 57 milyon TL’yi aşan ticari hacim yarattı
Turkpidya generated over 57 million lira in trade in 2021
Read the article In TurkishYeni Şafak Türkleri dünyaya tanıtıyor: 5 milyon kişiye Türkiye’yi anlattı
Introducing the Turks to the world: Türkiye explained to five million people
Read the article In Turkish
Questions, corrections or ideas?
Write to us through the contact page, or start with the guides