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 March 25, 2015
        
Commission File Number: 001-15092
 


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

Turkcell Plaza
Mesrutiyet Caddesi No. 71
34430 Tepebasi
Istanbul, Turkey

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)


    
        
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Enclosure: A press release dated March 25, 2015 announcing the appointment of Turkcell’s CEO.
 
 


 
 
 
 
               

Istanbul, March 25, 2015
          
Announcement Regarding the Turkcell CEO Appointment
          
Subject: Statement made pursuant to Communiqué II-15.1 of the Capital Markets Board
               
Turkcell Board of Directors convened on 25 March 2015 and has taken the decision unanimously to appoint Mr. Kaan Terzioğlu as Turkcell Chief Executive Officer, effective from April 1, 2015.
        
Kaan Terzioğlu is a graduate of the Department of Business Administration at Boğaziçi University in 1990. He began his professional career in the same year as an Independent Auditor and CPA at Arthur Andersen Turkey. In 1992, Mr. Terzioğlu joined Arthur Andersen USA as the IT Strategies and Security Specialist, and in 1994, began working at Arthur Andersen Belgium as the Leader of Information Management and Digital Strategy Services. In 1998, he was appointed as the Vice President of Consultancy Services Turkey Operations. Between 1999 and 2012, he served as the Team Leader of E-Commerce Strategies for the EMEA region, Sales Director of Advanced Technologies for the EMEA region, Managing Director of Technology Marketing Organization for the EMEA region, and the Vice President of Central and Eastern Europe at Cisco Systems Brussels branch, respectively. Mr. Terzioğlu had been appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors at Akbank on April 3, 2012. He is alsoa member of the Board of Directors at Aksigorta A.Ş., Teknosa İç ve Dış Ticaret A.Ş. and Carrefoursa A.Ş.




For more information:
 
Turkcell Investor Relations
 
investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr
 
Tel: + 90 212 313 1888
              
 
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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:  March 25, 2015
By:
 /s/ Murat Dogan Erden
 
 
Name:
Murat Dogan Erden
 
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
 
       
             
  TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S.
       
       
Date:  March 25, 2015
By:
 /s/ Nihat Narin
 
 
Name:
Nihat Narin
 
 
Title:
Investor Relations Director
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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