The Turkish-language edition of Wikipedia, known as Vikipedi, went online as one of the early non-English versions of the free encyclopedia project. It is written and maintained by volunteers, mostly in Turkey and among Turkish speakers abroad, and grew steadily over the following two decades to hold several hundred thousand articles. The edition has at times been affected by access restrictions imposed within Turkey, which drew attention to the role of Wikipedia as a source of information for Turkish readers. It remains one of the larger language editions by article count.
Before and after
- 31 October 2002Discovery of Arche
- November 2002Grigori Perelman proves the Poincare conjecture
- 1 December 2002Release of Greek Wikipedia
- December 2002Launch of LinkedIn
- 5 December 2002Release of Turkish Wikipedia
- 12 December 2002Release of Wiktionary
- 2003Rise of Anonymous
- 20032003 European heat wave
- 2003Construction of Three Gorges Dam
More in Science & technology
- 1949Discovery of berkelium
- 1955Discovery of mendelevium
- 14 February 1961Discovery of lawrencium
- 8 December 1994Discovery of roentgenium
- 1996Discovery of copernicium
- 2006Discovery of nihonium
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 21st century.