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 December 19, 2018
 
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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If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- __________
 
Enclosure: A press release dated December 19, 2018, regarding the change in Management (Marketing).

 
 

 
Istanbul, December 19, 2018
 

Change in Management (Marketing)

Ömer Barbaros Yiş, serving as Consumer Marketing Director in our company, in addition to his existing role, will serve as the acting Executive Vice President of Marketing, effective as of December 18, 2018.

Ömer Barbaros Yiş graduated from Koç University with a double major in Business Administration and Economics and received his master’s degree in Economics from Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona. Having started his career in 2006 as Corporate and Consumer Pricing Specialist in Turkcell, he held various Senior Product Manager roles in the marketing department. From 2010 to 2013, he continued his career as the Global Telecom Industry Director in Peppers & Rogers Group. In 2013, he served as Existing Customer Management Director, Premium Segment Customer Management Director and Fixed Products Revenue Management Director at Turk Telekom. He has been working at Turkcell since 2017. After serving as Strategic and Focused Marketing Director, he has assumed Consumer Marketing Director role. In addition to his existing role, he will also serve as the acting Executive Vice President of Marketing, effective as of December 18, 2018.


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.
   
   
Date:  December 19, 2018
By:
/s/ Zeynel Korhan Bilek
 
Name:
Zeynel Korhan Bilek
 
Title:
Investor Relations and Mergers & Acquisitions Director

 
 
TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S.
   
   
Date:  December 19, 2018
By:
/s/ Osman Yılmaz
 
Name:
Osman Yılmaz
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer