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ICANN picks Istanbul for 2024 meeting

Kevin Murphy, November 29, 2023, 13:36:45 (UTC), Domain Policy

The ICANN community will head to Türkiye for the Org’s 2024 Annual General Meeting, it has been confirmed.

The board of directors picked Istanbul for ICANN 81, which will kick off November 9 next year, according to a just-published resolution.

While the precise venue has not been revealed, you’d have to assume the Istanbul Congress Center is a prime candidate.

While it’s conveniently on the doorstep of Europe, Türkiye counts as Asia-Pacific under ICANN’s rules mandating meetings rotate through the world’s five geographic regions.

ICANN maintains an office in Istanbul, so it can presumably save a bit of money not having to pay for travel and lodgings for local staff who would usually travel.

Next year’s meetings also see the community travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico in March and Kigali, Rwanda in June. The first meeting of 2025 will be held in Seattle, Washington.


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Comments (4)

  1. MJR says:

    “Jews not allowed” – Never forget and watch your back if you attend. Hotels and their staff know who you are and may sell your information to terrorists. Far fetched? I don’t think.

    Turkey is led by head antisemite Erdogan, went full blown antisemitism since October 7th terrorist attack on Israel.

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/jews-not-allowed-as-erdogan-praises-hamas-antisemitism-rages-in-turkey/

  2. Turkish says:

    You know there is a population of Turkish citizens that are Jewish in Turkiye, right?

    https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/about/communities/tr

  3. R. Funden says:

    Why not Constantinople?

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