Since 2001 · A Turkish-language community across borders
Open the historical forum and you step into the Turkish-language internet of the early 2000s. People discuss relationships, share poems and ask for advice about life abroad. The archive preserves these conversations in the words of the people who took part.
History
From early computer experiments to an international forum and the restoration of its archive.
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Forum Selections
Personal experiences and contrasting views, with direct links to the original conversations.
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Dert Ortağı
Someone to confide in. Explore the magazine columns and their original printed sources.
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EminAbi.com officially launched on 26 March 2001. Founded in the Netherlands, it connected Turkish-speaking people in Türkiye and abroad. It operated for years using its own financial resources and the work of volunteers in different countries. In December 2002, Ekin Dergisi reported, citing NedStat statistics, that the site received visitors from fifty countries.
Connecting the web and print
Between 2002 and 2005, selected forum conversations appeared alongside Emin Özel’s columns in Ekin Dergisi. The magazine articles were also published online. In 2005, EminAbi.com brought some of them together with music and animation on an interactive CD, offered free of charge to readers who requested it. The site also offered free health questions through Sanal Doktor and later added education and legal sections.
In April 2003, PC World awarded the site 90 out of 100, while PC Net described it as a successful example of the emerging forum culture.
For journalists and researchers
The forum archive reopened on 2 November 2026. Together with the original magazine pages, its messages offer material for examining early Turkish-language online communities and the relationship between digital and printed publishing.