TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A S

Foreign Filer Report • Nov 2, 2016

6-K 1 ss17534_6k.htm REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

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 2, 2016

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 2, 2016, regarding investor relations.

Istanbul, November 2, 2016

Announcement Regarding Investor Relations

Subject : Statement made pursuant to Communique II-15.1 of the Capital Markets Board

Following changes have taken place within our Investor Relations Department:

· Investor Relations and Business Development Director position that had been served in an acting role by Nihat Narin, who has been appointed as the General Manager of Kule Hizmet ve İşletmecilik A.Ş. (Global Tower), has been restructured as Investor Relations and Merger s&Acquisitions Director and Zeynel Korhan Bilek has been appointed to the position effective as of November 1 st , 2016.

· Yeşim Tohma, currently serving as the Investor Relations Manager, took on the Investor Relations Executive position who holds the licenses which are set forth in the Article 11 of Communiqué on Corporate Governance published by the Capital Markets Board of Turkey. Korhan Bilek and Yeşim Tohma, contac t information of whom are stated below, will be assigned as Corporate Governance Committee members.

Zeynel Korhan Bilek, Investor Relations and Mergers&Acquisitions Director

e-mail:korhan.bilek@ turkcell.com.tr

Tel: +90 212 313 1888

Yeşim Tohma, Investor Relations Executive

e-mail:yesim.tohma@ turkcell.com.tr

Tel: +90 212 313 1888

Capital Market Activities Level 3 License No: 210035

Corporate Governance Rating Specialist License No:702144

Nihat Narin graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Marmara University in 1990 and received his MBA degree from Middlesex University while in the same period conducting diverse research on the U.K. stock exchange. He began his professional life as a Telecom Analyst at Ata Invest. Mr. Narin joined the Turkcell family in 2000 and worked as Senior Specialist at Investor Relations division until 2004. Subsequently, he served as the Director of Internal Audit and Betting Business Development Director. Between 2009 - 2015, Nihat Narin served as Investor Relations & International Media Director. Starting from 2015, he has been working as Investor Relations & Business Development Director.

Zeynel Korhan Bilek graduated from the Faculty of Elect rical and Electronic Engineering at Boğaziçi University in 1998 and received his MBA degree from Rochester University in 2000. He began his professional life as an Economics Research Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank. Subsequently, he served as an Analyst at Akyatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş. between 2002 and 2004 and Finance Director at Sabancı Holding between 2004 and 2013. He was a Member of the Board of Directors at Carrefoursa between 2011 and 2016. Prior to joining Turkcell, Mr. Bilek had worked as the Assistant General Manager responsible for Finance at Teknosa.

For more information:

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. — By:	/s/ Nihat Narin
Name:	Nihat Narin
Title:	Investor Relations and Business Development Director

TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S. — By:	/s/Ilter Terzioglu
Name:	Ilter Terzioglu
Title:	Strategy Executive Vice President