Turkcell
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| Anonim şirket | |
| Traded as |
BİST: TCELL : TKC |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Founder | Mehmet Emin Karamehmet Murat Vargı |
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Ahmet Akça (Chairman) Kaan Terzioğlu (CEO) |
| Products | Mobile telephony & Internet services |
| Revenue |
  9.370 billion (2011)
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 1.108 billion (2011)
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1.140 billion (2011)
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| Total assets |
17.147 billion (2011)
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| Total equity |
10.793 billion (2011)
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Number of employees
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12,834 (2011) |
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List
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| Subsidiaries | |
| Website | www.turkcell.com.tr |
Turkcell (BİST: TCELL, : TKC) is the leading mobile phone operator of Turkey, based in Istanbul. The company has 34.4 million subscribers as of September 30, 2011.
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%.
Turkcell is the first Turkish company to be listed on the , where its shares have been traded since July 11, 2000 along with trading on the .
Turkcell's shareholder structure is as follows: 51% is held by Turkcell Holding A.Ş., 0.05% by Çukurova Holding A.Ş., 13.07% by Sonera Holding B.V., 1.18% by MV Holding A.Ş., and the free float is 34.7%. As of December 2011, Sonera Holding and Cukurova Group, directly and indirectly, own approximately 37.1% and 13.8%, respectively of Turkcell’s share capital. Çukurova Group agreed to sell a large stake to TeliaSonera in March 2005. They have since then been debating whether this agreement is binding. In August 2009 the International Chamber of Commerce issued an award stating that Çukurova must deliver all the remaining shares in Turkcell Holding to TeliaSonera.
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. Turkcell's Ukrainian wholly owned business Astelit has 13.6 million subscribers. In 2009 they were the first company to get 3G services for their customers in Turkey.
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