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 November 30, 2015
Commission File Number: 001-15092
 


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

Aydınevler Mahallesi İnönü Caddesi No:20
Küçükyalı Ofispark
34854 Maltepe
Istanbul, Turkey

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)


 
 
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Enclosure: A press release dated November 30, 2015 announcing the appointment of Mr. Murat Erkan  as the Executive Vice President of the Sales Function, effective as of December 1, 2015.
 
 


 
 
 
 
     
   
Istanbul, November 30, 2015
 
  
Announcement Regarding the Appointment to Management
  
Subject: Statement made pursuant to Communiqué II-15.1 of the Capital Markets Board
   
Mr. Murat Erkan, who currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Retail and Active Sales under the Sales Function, has been appointed as the Executive Vice President of the Sales Function, effective as of December 1, 2015.
  
Murat Erkan joined Turkcell Group in June 2008 as the General Manager of Turkcell Superonline. Since October 2015, he has served as the Senior Vice President of Retail and Active Sales under the Sales Function. Previously, he had undertaken the role of Senior Vice President of Home and Consumer Business. Mr. Erkan who started his professional life at Toshiba, took charge as Application Engineer in Biltam Mühendislik and then became the first “System Engineer” of Turkey at Cisco Turkey. He served as Chief Officer at Cisco Systems in charge of technology, sales, business development and channel management for ten years. Prior to his position at Turkcell Superonline, Mr. Erkan was the Business Unit Manager at Aneltech on solutions related to Telecommunication, Mobile, ICT, defense industry and industrial products sectors since 2006. Murat Erkan graduated from the Yıldız Technical University Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Department. He accomplished the Strategic Marketing Programme at Harvard Business School in 2010.


For inquiries:
 
Turkcell Investor Relations
 
investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr
 
Tel: + 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.
 
     
     
Date:  November 30, 2015
By:
 /s/Murat Dogan Erden
 
  Name: Murat Dogan Erden  
  Title: Chief Financial Officer  
       
  
       
 
TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S.
 
     
     
Date:  November 30, 2015
By:
 /s/Nihat Narin
 
  Name: Nihat Narin  
  Title: Investor Relations Director