Türkiye Has the World’s Slowest Internet

(ANKARA) – CHP Bolu Deputy Türker Ateş pointed out that Turkey uses one of the slowest internets in the world. Ateş said, “We are 113th in the world with a speed of 41.5 Mbps on fixed internet. Moreover, we are falling behind in the list. Finally, we fell three places, falling behind even Burkino Faso, Seychelles and Congo. A digital gap has formed between us and the world where technological progress is rapid.”

In his statement, CHP Bolu Deputy Türker Ateş drew attention to the information given by the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu in the Digital Media Commission of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Ateş said, “Minister Uraloğlu boasts that Turkey’s fiber infrastructure length has increased 4.5 times in the last three years, reaching 562 thousand kilometers. However, fiber investments are the story of the failure of the government in our country. Our internet speed clearly reveals the inadequacy of these investments. SpeedTest Global, where internet speeds are measured in the world According to Index data, as of April 2024, Turkey ranked 113th among 181 countries in fixed (ADSL or fiber) internet and 71st among 144 countries in mobile internet. Congo is next in line with 284.1 Mbps. “It is the first in the world and Turkey has an internet speed that is only 15 percent of Singapore’s,” he said.

“We have 13 percent of the speed of Qatar”

Emphasizing that while the digital economy is passing through a strong fiber infrastructure, Turkey is far behind even the average internet speed in the world, Ateş said, “As of April 2024, while the average fixed internet speed in the world was 93.7 Mbps, the internet speed in Turkey was less than half of this figure; 41.5.” “While the world average in mobile is 52.9 Mbps, it was measured as 40.4 Mbps in Turkey. We have only 13 percent of the speed of Qatar, the leading country in mobile,” he said.

Stating that the average internet speed measured in metropolitan cities is not far ahead of the country averages, Ateş said, “In April, fixed internet speeds for Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir were 47.8 Mbps, 42.8 Mbps and 41.2 Mbps, respectively; mobile internet speeds were 38.5 Mbps.” “Mbps was 33.6 Mbps and 37.9 Mbps,” he said.

Ateş also said, “Minister Uraloğlu’s statement that 78 percent of fixed internet subscribers receive service at a speed of 16 Mbps and above is astonishing. We missed the chance to become a player of the digital age. Turkey has fallen into the digital abyss within itself compared to the world; access to digital technologies and “The disparity in its use is huge,” he said.