History of digital games in Turkey

2005-06-20
Yilmaz, Erdal
Çağıltay, Kürşat
As an important entertainment tool, “digital games” has been used by several hundred millions of people all around the world for almost 30 years. Although the number of game players and total game-play time in Turkey shows parallel figures to the world average, unfortunately very limited digital game development activities and academic studies regarding this issue exist. Therefore, this study aims to summarize the history and current situation of digital games and game industry in Turkey.
2nd International Conference on Digital Games Research Association: Changing Views: Worlds in Play, DiGRA 2005, (16 - 20 Haziran 2005)

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Citation Formats
E. Yilmaz and K. Çağıltay, “History of digital games in Turkey,” presented at the 2nd International Conference on Digital Games Research Association: Changing Views: Worlds in Play, DiGRA 2005, (16 - 20 Haziran 2005), Vancouver, Kanada, 2005, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84873394826&origin=inward.