Two Global First Place Awards for Turkcell's Innovative Solutions

Istanbul (ots/PRNewswire) -

Turkcell , the leading technology and communication company in
Turkey continues to be a success with its innovative solutions
setting examples for the global world. Turkcell won two first place
awards in the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards which was
held in London for the "Instant Billing" application that was brought
to life in collaboration with Ericsson and the Integral Risk
Management Project which was designed along with Neural Technologies.
Both projects were awarded in the category of innovation in services.

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Turkcell has won international awards for its project in
collaboration with Ericsson to remove all of the surprises that
customers may encounter on their bills as well as with Neural
Technologies to reduce cases of fraud to a minimum. Both projects
which won the jury prize in the Global Telecom Business Competition
surpassing all competitors in terms of innovative services.

Turkcell's Chief Information and Communication Technologies
Officer Ilker Kuruoz stated, "Turkcell has a well-deserved reputation
in innovation. The most important goal of our R & D and innovation
center 'Turkcell Technology' is to develop products and services for
the telecom sector on a worldwide scale along with the Turkish
engineers in Turkey. One of the best examples of this is this project
which we have brought to life in collaboration with Ericsson is the
first of its kind among the mobile operators. We are very proud and
delighted with the end result."

ABOUT TURKCELL

Turkcell is the leading communications and technology company in
Turkey, with 34.9 million subscribers as of March 31, 2013. Turkcell
is a leading regional player, with market leadership in five of the
nine countries in which it operates with its approximately 69.2
million subscribers as of March 31, 2013. It was one of the first
among global operators to have implemented HSPA+. It has achieved up
to 43.2 Mbps speed using the Dual Carrier technology, and is
continuously working to provide the latest technology to its
customers, e.g. 84 Mbps in the near future. Turkcell Superonline, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Turkcell, is the one and only telecom
operator to offer households fiber broadband connection at speeds of
up to 1,000 Mbps in Turkey. As of February 28, 2013, Turkcell's
population coverage is at 99.19% in 2G and 84.26% in 3G. Turkcell
reported a TRY2.7 billion (US$1.5 billion) revenue with total assets
of TRY18.9 billion (US$10.4 billion) as of March 31, 2013. It has
been listed on the NYSE and the ISE since July 2000, and is the only
NYSE-listed company in Turkey. Read more at
http://www.turkcell.com.tr

You can now follow the most up-to-date Turkcell developments on
twitter by clicking on the link below.

http://twitter.com/TurkcellNews

For further information please contact Turkcell
Nihat Narin
Division Head of Investor and International
Media Relations
Tel: +90-212-313-1244
Email: nihat.narin@turkcell.com.tr

Asli Tan
International Media Relations Manager
Tel: +90-212-313-2682
Email: asli.tan@turkcell.com.tr
investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr

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