2. Internet usage in Turkey 2009-2010 Proportion of households with Internet access rose to 41,6% According to the results of ICT Usage Survey in Households and Individuals carried out in April, 2010, 41,6 per cent of households have access to the Internet at home. It was 30,0 per cent in April, 2009. The main reason for households not having access to the Internet at home was “have no need” with 26,3 per cent. ADSL was the most widely used Internet connection type with 73,3 per cent in Turkey. DenizGezgin
3. Internet usage in Turkey 2009-2010Proportion of households with Internet access DenizGezgin
4. Internet usage in Turkey 2009-2010 Computer and Internet use are growing According to the results of ICT Usage Survey in Households and Individuals while proportions of the male that use computer and Internet were 53,4% and 51,8%, these proportions were 33,2% and 31,7% for female, respectively in 16-74 age group. These rates were 50,5% and 48,6% for male and 30,0% and 28,0% for female in previous year, respectively. DenizGezgin
5. Internet usage in Turkey 2009-2010Computer and Internet Users by Gender DenizGezgin
6. Internet usage in Turkey 2009-2010 Three out of five Internet users use the Internet every day or almost every day 39,1 per cent of the individuals in 16-74 age group has used computer and 37,6 per cent of the individuals has used Internet in the period of January-March 2010. While 60,8 per cent of the individuals use computer every day, this proportion were 59,3 per cent in the usage of the Internet. DenizGezgin
7. Internet usage in Turkey 2009-2010 Individuals’ use of the computer and the Internet mostly at home The location of use for individuals using a computer was chiefly at home (70 per cent), while 31,3 per cent in the workplace, 17,5 per cent at Internet café. These proportions were 62,8 per cent at home, 31,6 per cent in the work place, 20 per cent at Internet café for the location of Internet usage. The highest proportion of computer and Internet usage was at 16-24 age groups. For all age groups, proportions of computer and Internet usage for males were higher than females. When computer and Internet usage are ordered by education level, individuals graduated from higher education use computer and Internet at the highest level. DenizGezgin
8. Internet usage in Turkey 2009-2010Computer & Internet Usage by Location DenizGezgin
9. Internet usage in Turkey 2009-2010 Sending and receiving e-mail is the most frequent activity in the Internet The most popular activity of the individuals who have accessed to the Internet in the period of January-March 2010 for private purpose was sending and receiving e-mail with 72,8 per cent. Other popular activities were as follows: Posting messages to chat sites, social networking sites, blogs, news groups or online discussion forum, use of instant messaging (64,2 per cent), reading or downloading online news, news papers, news magazines (58,8 per cent), finding information about goods or services (55,7 per cent), playing or downloading games, images, films or music (51,2 per cent). DenizGezgin
10. Internet usage in Turkey 2009-2010Internet Usage by Activity DenizGezgin
11. Internet usage in Turkey 2009-2010 The most popular purchases over the Internet were clothes and sports goods 15,0 per cent of individuals who have accessed to the Internet purchased goods or services over the Internet for private purposes. When individuals asked the last purchased goods or services over the Internet, 9,0 per cent in the last three month, 3,6 per cent between three months and a year ago and 2,5 per cent for more than one year ago. 85,0 per cent of individuals who have accessed to the Internet had never purchased any goods or services over the Internet for private purposes. The most popular purchases over the Internet were clothes and sports goods with 24,3 per cent in the last 12 months (April 2009-March 2010). This is followed by electronic equipment (23,8 per cent), household goods (19,3 per cent), travel arrangements such as transport tickets and car hire (15,2 per cent), food or groceries (13,3 per cent ). Electronic equipment was the most popular purchases over Internet with 32,2 per cent for the same period of the previous year. DenizGezgin
12. Internet usage in Turkey 2009-2010Internet Purchases April 09’-March 10’ DenizGezgin
13. Information used in this presentation has been gathered from department of statistics (Turkey) DenizGezgin
