Turkcell

Short description: Turkish mobile phone operator

Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş.

Type| Anonim Şirket

Traded as

| Template:BIST
NASDAQ: TKC
NYSE: TKC
Industry| Telecommunications
Founded| 27 February 1994
Founder| 1) Posti- ja telelaitos (Finland)

2) Ericsson Telekomünikasyon Anonim Şirketi

3) Çukurova Holding Anonim Şirketi

4) Kavala Yatırım Anonim Şirketi

5) Hüseyin Murat Vargı
Headquarters|

Istanbul

Turkey

Area served

| Turkey,
Northern Cyprus

Key people

| Şenol Kazancı (Chairman)
Ali Taha Koç (CEO)
Products| Mobile telephony & Internet services
Revenue|  ₺ 35.9 billion (2021)[1]

Operating income

|  ₺ 7.7 billion (2021)[1]

Net income

|  ₺ 5 billion (2021)[1]
Total assets|  ₺ 17.147 billion (2011)[2]
Total equity|  ₺ 10.793 billion (2011)[2]
Owner| Turkey Wealth Fund, IMTIS Holdings

Number of employees

| 26,000 (December, 2021)[3]
Divisions|

List

* Turktell Uluslararası
Turkcell Global Bilgi
Financell
Turktell Bilişim
A-Tel
Fintur Holdings B.V. (A,45)

Subsidiaries|

List

* Turkcell Europe
BeST
Astelit
Moldcell
Kcell
Azercell
KKTCell
lifecell
Turkcell Superonline
İnteltek
Turkcell Teknoloji
Global Tower

Website| turkcell.com.tr
kktcell.com (Northern Cyprus)

Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. (lit. Turkcell Communication Services) (Template:Istanbul Stock Exchange, NYSE: TKC) is the leading mobile phone operator of Turkey,[4] based in Istanbul. The company has 39,3 million subscribers as of September 2021.[5] In 2015, the company's number of subscribers climbed to 68.9 million, in nine countries[6] Largest shareholder is Turkey Wealth Fund with 26.2% ownership. It is one of the world's biggest companies (Fortune 2000) list published by Fortune.[7] Turkcell has also developed Yaani, a browser for mobile and desktop.[8] Turkcell's general manager is Ali Taha Koç.[9]

## Contents

* 1 Company background
* 2 Coverage area
* 3 Northern Cyprus
* 4 Roaming
* 5 Sponsorship
* 6 Criticisms
* 6.1 Advertisement injection
* 7 MTN Group court case
* 8 BiP – Messaging, Voice and Video Calling
* 9 See also
* 10 References
* 11 External links

## Company background

Turkcell mobile base station in Eskişehir, Turkey, 2007

In February 1994, Turkcell started Turkey's first GSM network. In Q3 2012, it had a market share of 52,4%. Its competitors were Vodafone with a market share of 27,9% and Avea with a market share of 19,7%.[10]

Turkcell is the first Turkish company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange,[11] where its shares have been traded since July 11, 2000 along with trading on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.

Turkcell also provides GSM services internationally. It has 9.6 million subscribers via Fintur Holdings and its affiliates in partnership with TeliaSonera in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Moldova, as of September 30, 2007. In 2009 they were the first company to get 3G services for their customers in Turkey.[12] In 2015, Turkcell completed the acquisition of a 44.96% stake in Ukrainian mobile phone operator Life :)[13] It had 13.6 million subscribers at that time.[13]

Turkcell also provides IPTV service in Turkey.[14]

In October 2020, TVF Bilgi Teknolojileri Iletisim Hizmetleri Yatirim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. a subsidiary of Turkey Wealth Fund, the wealth fund of the Republic of Turkey, acquired control of 26.2% of Turkcell. 19.8% of Turkcell’s shares are controlled by the second largest shareholder IMTIS Holdings S.a r.l., an entity in which Letterone Investment Holdings S.A. has an indirect economic interest.

## Coverage area

Turkcell provides coverage of an area that, as of March 31, 2007, includes 100% of the population living in cities of 3,000 or more people, 97.21% of the total population, and 80.44% of Turkey's land area. The company has a few blind spots, especially in mountainous areas in the Eastern region.[15]

## Northern Cyprus

Turkcell also operates overseas. Its Northern Cyprus brand is known as Kuzey Kıbrıs Turkcell (North Cyprus Turkcell) which operates in the Northern Cyprus only. KKTcell runs completely separately from Turkey's Turkcell, although the ownership of the network is the same. KKTcell is also the North's largest Network Provider at the moment, in terms of registered users and network coverage. KKTcell numbers can be distinguished from Mainland Turkey Turkcell numbers easily, as KKTcell numbers begin with 90 (533) 8XX-XXXX.

## Roaming

Turkcell has international roaming agreements with 605 operators in 201 countries as of September, 2008. It claims to have more international GPRS roaming agreements than any other operator (356 operators in 143 countries as of August 31, 2008). It also applies discounted roaming costs when calling from a Turkcell mobile to a KKTurkcell number.

## Sponsorship

Turkcell has been the "Official Communication Sponsor" of the national football and basketball teams since 2002. Turkcell was the main and name sponsor of the first Turkish football league, the Turkish Super League, from 2005 to 2010.[16] It also sponsors 14 of the 18 football teams in the Süper Lig. The "Turkcell Football Awards" project was initiated in 2003 to encourage "fair play" by awarding athletes who show fairness, impartiality, and solidarity.

Turkcell also sponsors the International Istanbul Film Festival and co-sponsors the Istanbul International Jazz Festival. Since 1999, Turkcell has supported the restoration of the ancient city walls in Bodrum. The last phase of the project, the restoration of an ancient theater, was completed in June 2003.

Turkcell has also continued to sponsor the CeBIT Bilişim Eurasia event,[17] one of the major information technology fairs in Europe, for the tenth time in 2007.

Turkcell's main educational project, "Modern Girls of Modern Turkey", which started in 2000, grants scholarships to 5,000 young women in less developed parts of the country. The project received international recognition in June 2001, when it won the UK "Institute of Public Relations Excellence Award" and the "Crystal Obelisk Award" from the Foundation of Women Executives in Public Relations in New York City in 2002.

## Criticisms

### Advertisement injection

Turkcell Superonline, one of Turkcell's subsidiaries and a major ISP in Turkey, has been criticized for injecting advertisements. The company has not responded to the questions about the injections. This event was described as the first evidence of traffic monitoring and manipulation in Turkey with deep packet inspection.[18][19]

## MTN Group court case

In May 2013, Turkcell dropped its multibillion-dollar US lawsuit against MTN Group, citing a US Supreme Court ruling that hurt its case. The operator filed a $4.2 billion lawsuit in Washington in 2012 alleging the company used bribery to win a mobile license in Iran that was first awarded to Turkcell. The court delayed the case in October 2012 pending a US Supreme Court decision on the Alien Tort Statute, the U.S. human rights law on which Turkcell's suit is based.[20]

## BiP – Messaging, Voice and Video Calling

Main article: Software:BiP

## See also

* Yaani
* List of search engines

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Investor report 2021". https://ffo3gv1cf3ir.merlincdn.net/hakkimizda/en/yatirimciiliskileri/InvestorReportLibrary/Turkcell-IAR-2021.pdf.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ANNUAL REPORT 2011". Turkcell. http://www.turkcell.com.tr/InvestorReportLibraryEN/Turkcell_AR_2011_ENG.pdf.
3. ↑ "ANNUAL REPORT For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021(FORM 20-F)". Turkcell. 2022-04-20. https://ffo3gv1cf3ir.merlincdn.net/hakkimizda/en/yatirimciiliskileri/InvestorReportLibrary/Turkcell-IAR-2021.pdf. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
4. ↑ Dolan, Asli Kandemir (17 March 2017). "Russia's Alfa Telecom bids $2.8 billion to double stake in Turkcell". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkcell-alfatelecom-idUSKBN0MD0LZ20150317.
5. ↑ "History". Turkcell. http://www.turkcell.com.tr/site/en/turkcellhakkinda/Sayfalar/genel-bakis/genel.aspx.
6. ↑ Cinarli, Bilal. "Turkcell Group .:. Annual Report" (in en). http://investor.turkcell.com.tr/2015/turkcell-group.
7. ↑ "Turkcell on the Forbes Global 2000 List" (in en). Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/companies/turkcell/.
8. ↑ "YaaniTarayıcı" (in tr). Turkcell. https://www.turkcell.com.tr/servisler/yaani.
9. ↑ "Turkcell'in Genel Müdürü Ali Taha Koç oldu". Dünya. 13 October 2023. https://www.dunya.com/sirketler/turkcellin-genel-muduru-ali-taha-koc-oldu-haberi-707669.
10. ↑ "Market Information". Turkcell. http://www.turkcell.com.tr/site/en/turkcellhakkinda/yatirimciiliskileri/Sayfalar/turkiyegsmpazari.aspx.
11. ↑ Dorsey, James M. (2000-07-11). "Turkcell's IPO Will Put Turkey On the Telecom and U.S. Maps" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB963261640537894876.
12. ↑ "The race is on". http://www.ericsson.com/article/turkcell_1633598732_c.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS: 26.6.2015 | Acquisition of the Shares of SCM Holdings Limited in Euroasia that Owns 100% of Astelit in Ukraine". http://www.twst.com/update/114817-turkcell-iletisim-hizmetleri-as-2662015-acquisition-of-the-shares-of-scm-holdings-limited-in-euroasia-that-owns-100-of-astelit-in-ukraine.
14. ↑ "TV+: Dizi, Film ve Canlı TV Kanalları - İlk 7 Gün Ücretsiz Deneyi". https://tvplus.com.tr/. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
15. ↑ Tom Brosnahan. "Turkish Mobile (Cell) Phone Companies". http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/details/Communications/mobile_companies.html.
16. ↑ "Turkcell Returns to Turkish Football's Super League with Sponsorship Deal". 2015-10-19. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151019005938/en/Turkcell-Returns-to-Turkish-Football’s-Super-League-with-Sponsorship-Deal.
17. ↑ "CeBIT Bilişim Eurasia". http://www.cebitbilisim.com/en/index.php/.
18. ↑ Gözütok, Ahmet. "Turkcell Superonline kullanıcılarını reklam izlemeye mi zorluyor?". https://www.donanimhaber.com/operatorler--kurumsal-haberler/haberleri/Turkcell-Superonline-kullanicilarini-reklam-izlemeye-mi-zorluyor.htm.
19. ↑ Yagiz (25 September 2016). "İddia: Superonline kullanıcılarına izinsiz reklam gösteriyor.". https://medium.com/@anonrig/i̇ddia-superonline-kullanıcılarına-izinsiz-reklam-gösteriyor-ba555360424.
20. ↑ Turkcell withdraws U.S. lawsuit against MTN Group, International: Reuters, 2013, http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-mtn-turkcell-lawsuit-idUKBRE94014G20130501

## External links

* Turkcell official site Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
* Vodafone buys Turkish mobile firm, BBC News, 13 December 2005
* Turkey's Turkcell buys Belarus's BeST for $500 mln
* Sureyya Ciliv on Charlie Rose

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