Turkcell Files its 2009 Annual Report on Form 20-F

ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 3, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Turkcell (NYSE: TKC, ISE: TCELL), announced that it has filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2010. The Company's Form 20-F and complete audited financial statements can be found at http://www.turkcell.com/en.

Hard copy versions of the complete audited financial statements are available free of charge upon request from Turkcell's Investor Relations Department at [email protected] and/or +90-212-313-1888.

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About Turkcell

Turkcell is the leading communications and technology company in Turkey with 35.4 million postpaid and prepaid customers and a market share of approximately 56% as of December 31, 2009 (Source: the Authority).  Turkcell provides high quality data and voice services to approximately 70% of the Turkish population with its 3G and EDGE technology supported network.  Turkcell reported TRY 8.9 billion ($ 5.8 billion) net revenue for the year ended December 31, 2009 and its total assets reached TRY 14.0 billion ($ 9.3 billion) as of December 31, 2009. Turkcell is the only Turkish operator among the global operators to have implemented HSDPA+ and has become one of the first operators in the world to reach to 42.2 Mbps speed with its 3G network, as of March 5th 2010. Turkcell is a leading regional player and has interests in international mobile operations in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Northern Cyprus and Ukraine which, together with its Turkish operations, had approximately 62.7 million subscribers as of December 31, 2009. Turkcell has been listed on the NYSE and the ISE since July 2000 and is the only NYSE-listed company in Turkey and is among the top 15% companies listed on NYSE by its size.  51.00% of Turkcell's share capital is held by Turkcell Holding, 0.05% by Cukurova Group, 13.07% by Sonera Holding, 2.32% by M.V. Group and 0.08% by others while the remaining 33.48% is free float.

    For further information please contact Turkcell
    Corporate Affairs
    Koray Ozturkler, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
    Tel: +90-212-313-1500
    Email: [email protected]

    Investors:
    Nihat Narin, Investor and International
    Media Relations
    Tel: + 90-212-313-1244 04
    Email: [email protected]
    [email protected]

    Media:
    Filiz Karagul Tuzun,
    Corporate Communications
    Tel: + 90-212-313-23
    Email: [email protected]

SOURCE Turkcell