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 July 8, 2005
TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S.
Turkcell Plaza
Mesrutiyet Caddesi No. 153
34430 Tepebasi
Istanbul, Turkey
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Enclosures: Press releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TURKCELL’S SUBSCRIBER BASE GROWS TO 25.6 MILLION IN Q2 2005
Istanbul, Turkey: July 8, 2005 – Turkcell (NYSE: TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading provider of mobile communications in Turkey, announced today that its number of subscribers reached 25.6 million by the end of second quarter 2005, implying a 5.3% rise compared to the first quarter 2005 figure of 24.3 million and a 22% rise compared to the second quarter of 2004.
Turkcell’s postpaid subscribers totaled 5.2 million and prepaid subscribers amounted to 20.4 million. In the second quarter of 2005, we recorded a 14% increase in the net new subscriber additions compared to the second quarter of 2004, from 1,186,000 to 1,349,000. The postpaid subscribers made up 9% of the gross new subscribers acquired in the second quarter of 2005.
In the second quarter of 2005, Turkcell’s churn rate stayed nearly stable at 2.6% compared to 2.5% in the first quarter of 2005.
In the first half of 2005, the net new subscriber added totaled 2,216,000 which correspond to a 19% increase compared to the net new subscriber additions during the first half of 2004.
Mr. Muzaffer Akpinar, Turkcell’s CEO, commented, “During the first half of 2005, growth of total subscribers in the Turkish GSM market and, accordingly the growth in our subscriber base was higher than our expectations, mainly due to increased sales and marketing efforts in a stable macro economic environment. However, there is no change in our subscriber growth expectations for the whole year. During this period, we introduced several acquisition campaigns as well as mass and segmented retention activities and loyalty programs to further increase customer satisfaction. We will continue to take necessary measures to maintain our leadership position in the market.”
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About Turkcell
Turkcell is the leading GSM operator in Turkey with 25.6 million postpaid and prepaid customers. 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 458 operators in 179 countries as of July 8, 2004. 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 4.2 million subscribers as of March 31, 2005.
For further information please contact:
Contact:
| Turkcell: | Citigate Dewe Rogerson |
| Investors: | Europe: |
| Koray Ozturkler, Investor Relations | Sandra Novakov |
| Tel: +90 212 313 1500 | Tel: +44-207282-1089 |
| Email: koray.ozturkler@turkcell.com.tr | Email: sandra.novakov@citigatedr.co.uk |
| or | |
| Ferda Atabek, Investor Relations | United States: |
| Tel: + 90 212 313 1275 | Victoria Hofstad |
| Email: ferda.atabek@turkcell.com.tr | Tel: +1-212-687-8080 |
| Email: investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr | Email: vhofstad@sardverb.com |
| Media: | |
| Ilke Homris, Corporate Communications | |
| Tel: + 90 212 313 2320 | |
| Email: ilke.homris@turkcell.com.tr | |
| or | |
| Bahar Erbengi, Corporate Communications | |
| Tel: + 90-212/313-2309 | |
| Email: bahar.erbengi@turkcell.com.tr |
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TURKCELL COMPLETED THE CAPITAL INCREASE PROCEDURES
Subject: Statement made pursuant to Circular VIII, No: 39 of the Capital Markets Board.
Istanbul Stock Exchange
ISTANBUL
Special Subjects:
Turkcell completed the procedures regarding the capital increase of TRY380,247,980 from TRY1,474,639,361 to TRY1,854,887,341 (25.785829% increase) of which TRY146,156,379 is from the capital inflation adjustment difference in the legal records and TRY234,091,601 is from 2004 distributable net income. Accordingly, the Capital Market Boards (CMB) granted Turkcell the certificate, which states that the capital increase has been completed in compliance with the rules and procedures applied by the CMB and that will be used in the registration and announcement of the capital increase.
We hereby confirm that the above-mentioned explanations are furnished as per the provisions of the Communiqué Serial no VIII/39, that they reflect all information we have gathered so far, that they are in accordance with our corporate documents, that we have used all endeavours to collect the complete and true related information and that we assume the responsibility for this disclosure.
| TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S. | ||||
| Nihat Narin | Koray Ozturkler | |||
| Investor Relations | Investor Relations | |||
| 06.07.2005, 09:30 | 06.07.2005, 09:30 | |||
For further information
please e-mail to investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr
or call Turkcell Investor Relations (+ 90 212 313 1888)
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. |
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| Date: July 8, 2005 | By: | /s/ Muzaffer Akpinar | ||||
Name: Muzaffer Akpinar Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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