SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Report on Form 6-K dated November 7, 2003
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TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S.
Turkcell Plaza
Mesrutiyet Caddesi No.153
34430 Tepebasi
Istanbul, Turkey
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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Enclosures: Press release dated November 7, 2003 - Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri
A.S. Announces New Date For Extraordinary General Meeting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TURKCELL ANNOUNCES NEW DATE FOR EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
Istanbul, Turkey: November 7, 2003--Turkcell (NYSE:TKC, ISE: TCELL), has today
announced that one of the two statutory auditors of Turkcell called an
Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") for December 29, 2003 to meet with the
same agenda as the postponed EGM dated October 30, 2003, which was postponed by
the representative of the Ministry of Trade due to the lack of a quorum. The
agenda, determined by the statutory auditor, includes the election of all seven
members of the Turkcell Board of Directors.
www.turkcell.com.tr
About Turkcell
Turkcell is the leading GSM operator in Turkey with approximately 18.2 million
postpaid and prepaid customers as of September 30, 2003. Turkcell had revenues
of US$ 1,839.4 million during the nine month period ended September 30, 2003.
Turkcell provides high-quality wireless telephone services throughout Turkey and
has coverage of 100% of the towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants. Turkcell
provides roaming with 352 operators in 141 countries as of September 30, 2003.
At the end of 1999, Turkcell became the first GSM operator in Turkey to be
awarded the prestigious ISO 9001 certificate for the quality of its service.
Turkcell is the only NYSE listed company in Turkey. Turkcell has interests in
international GSM operations in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova and
Northern Cyprus, which have a total of 2.1 million subscribers as of September
30, 2003.
For further information please contact:
Contact:
Turkcell Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Investors: Europe:
Koray Ozturkler, Investor Relations Kate Delahunty
Tel: +90-212/313-1500 Tel: +44-20/7282-2934
Email: koray.ozturkler@turkcell.com.tr Email: kate.delahunty@citigatedr.co.uk
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or Toby Moore
Tel:+44-20/7282-2999
Mehmet Sezgin, Investor Relations Email: toby.moore@citigatedr.co.uk
Tel: + 90-212/313-1290 ---------------------------
Email: mehmet.sezgin@turkcell.com.tr or
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investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr United States:
---------------------------------- Victoria Hofstad/Jessica Wolpert
Tel: +1-201-499-3500
Media: Email: victoria.hofstad@citigatefi.com
Zuhal Seker, Corporate Communications -------------------------------
Tel: + 90-212/313-2330 jessica.wolpert@citigatefi.com
Email: zuhal.seker@turkcell.com.tr ------------------------------
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or
Bahar Erbengi, Corporate Communications
Tel: + 90-212/313-2309
Email: bahar.erbengi@turkcell.com.tr
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S.
Date: November 7, 2003 By: /s/ MUZAFFER AKPINAR
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Name: Muzaffer Akpinar
Title: Chief Executive Officer