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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Turkiye: E-Devlet.

We have this E-Government system that centralizes almost all relations with the State, I really don’t remember when was the last time I saw an official document in paper. With all 1000+ official agencies involved, you can access and manage over 8000+ services like GDPR permissions, analogue tv frequency infos, paying traffic tickets, state-backed escrowing, fraud checks, my kids grades, my medical records etc within an handsome mobile/web app.

It was shocking to see even my German friends still need to use their physical mailboxes to handle official stuff. I can imagine it’s even worse at the rest of the western world.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Not sure why you would think Germany is the best in this respect as I've often heard the opposite in my travels there. They are very anti-tech in government, privacy/cybersecurity reasons are what's usually cited.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Much of the UK's regular government stuff is online and very simple too - their website is actually very good. It doesn't integrate everything though. The health service is particularly fragmented and communication is often by post and not that good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Same in Lithuania.

In fact it's so good, that if you owe the state money, they'll just take it directly out of your bank account...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

That‘s nice. We have this forepayment discount with all our taxes and tickets instead :D

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Same in Spain.

Everything is digitalized and you have the right to do everything digitally. I've never mailed anything to the government.