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 May 15, 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 May 15, 2015 announcing an appointment to Turkcell’s management.
 


 
 
 
 
                     
            
Istanbul, May 15, 2015

 
Announcement Regarding the Appointment to Management

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

Our Company’s Board of Directors has decided to appoint Mr. Serhat Demir as the Executive Vice President of Legal and Regulatory Function, effective May 18, 2015.

Serhat Demir graduated from the Faculty of Law at Istanbul University and received his Masters of Business Administration degree from Fatih University. Mr. Demir started his career in 1997 at Dun&Bradstreet. He worked as a lawyer and held executive and directorial positions responsible for legal affairs at Yıldız Holding and Çalık Holding. He has been serving as a Board Member at Banka Kombetare Tregtare ShA, Aktif Yatırım Bankası A.Ş, Albtelecom ShA, and Çalık Holding A.Ş.
 
 

 
 
For inquiries:
 
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.
 
 
Date:  May 15, 2015
By:
 /s/Murat Dogan Erden
 
 
Name:   Murat Dogan Erden
Title:    Chief Financial Officer
 

 
       
 
TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S.
 
 
Date:  May 15, 2015
By:
 /s/Nihat Narin
 
 
Name:  Nihat Narin
Title:    Investor Relations Director