INTRODUCTION

Company Background
GSM-based mobile communication in Turkey began when Turkcell commenced operations in February 1994. Turkcell then signed a 25-year GSM license contract with the Ministry of Transportation on April 27, 1998. Since then, it has continuously increased the variety of its services based on mobile audio and data communication, as well as on its quality levels and as a result, its number of subscribers.
Turkcell is a regional leader by being the market leader in five countries out of nine it operates in. Turkcell's shares have been traded on the Istanbul (IMKB) and New York Stock Exchanges (NYSE) since July 11, 2000, and it is the first and only Turkish company ever to be listed on the NYSE.
Turkcell, with its wide coverage area and diverse range of services abroad, is able to provide its subscribers with mobile communication services both in Turkey and around the world.
Turkcell also ranks among the top operators in terms of GPRS roaming, where it has signed contracts with operators from more than 165 countries.


Social Responsibility
In addition to its contributions to the national economy, Turkcell has also supported many social projects so far that it believes will add value to the society from education, technology and sports to art and culture art. Within the scope of its efforts and in association with the Foundation for Contemporary Life, Turkcell has been conducting ‘Kardelenler (Snowdrops) projects, which is one of the biggest social responsibility projects in the world. Under the project, every year many school-age girls, whose families cannot afford to send them to school, are granted a scholarship. So far, 18.400 students were granted scholarships, 7380 Snowdrops graduated from high school, 1400 of them passed the university exam and 170 of them graduated successfully from university.
OUR VISION
To ease and