Networking Infrastructure of Turkish Universities

• Limited internal/external networking capabilities

• Turkish Universities and Research Institutions Network (TÜVAKA) was set up in 1986

• Not based on Internet Protocol

• Few universities connected to TÜVAKA

• Had connections to BITNET and EARN

• Capacity was limited

• TR-NET set up to connect Turkey to the Internet

• Connection to NSFNET: 12 April 1993

• Demand for connection proliferated

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