African Journal of Estate and Property Management

African Journal of Estate and Property Management ISSN 9671-8498 Vol. 3 (11), pp. 001-009, November, 2016. © International Scholars Journals

Full Length Research Paper

Information society statistics and indicators: The case of Turkey

Bünyamin Atici

Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies, Faculty of Education, Firat University, 23119 Elazig, Turkey. E-mail: [email protected].

Accepted 12 May, 2016

Abstract

This study, performed through the basic structures of information society, refers to the global dimensions of change by knowledge economy and information society as statistics which have different indicators to help us determine the position of Turkey on this change. In order to understand the position of Turkey on information society, several indexes were researched. In this study, the level of Turkey as an information society is stated through the digital opportunity, ICT/OI, e-readiness, networked readiness and digital access indexes.

Key words: Information society, knowledge economy, information and communication technologies, index.