UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Report on Form 6-K dated May 27, 2014
        
Commission File Number: 001-15092
 


TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S.
(Translation of registrant’s name in English)

Turkcell Plaza
Mesrutiyet Caddesi No. 71
34430 Tepebasi
Istanbul, Turkey

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  



 
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Enclosure: A press release dated May 27, 2014 announcing the prequalification application for the “License Tender for the Privatization of Games of Chances (Milli Piyango)”.
 


 
 
 
 
                        
    
 
 
Istanbul, May 27, 2014
  
  
Announcement Regarding the Prequalification Application for the “License Tender for the Privatization of Games of Chance (Milli Piyango)”

Subject: Statement made pursuant to Communique II-15.1 of the Capital Markets Board


Turkcell’s 55% owned subsidiary Inteltek1 and 100% owned subsidiary Talih Kuşu2, as a joint venture group, made a prequalification application for the “License Tender for the Privatization of Games of Chance (Milli Piyango)”

1 İnteltek İnternet Teknoloji Yatırım ve Danışmanlık Ticaret A.Ş.
2 Talih Kuşu Altyapı Hizmetleri A.Ş.

 
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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:  May 27, 2014 By: /s/ Murat Dogan Erden  
  Name: Murat Dogan Erden  
  Title: Chief Financial Officer  
         
 
 
  TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S.  
         
         
Date:  May 27, 2014 By: /s/ Nihat Narin  
  Name: Nihat Narin  
  Title: Investor Relations Director