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 6, 2013
      
Commission File Number: 001-15092
 

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

Turkcell Plaza
Mesrutiyet Caddesi No. 153
34430 Tepebasi
Istanbul, Turkey

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)


 

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Enclosure: A press release dated December 6, 2013 announcing a change in the organization (Regulation and Legal).
 
 
 
 
 
 
                   



Istanbul, December 6, 2013



Announcement Regarding the Change in Organization (Regulation and Legal)

Subject: Statement made pursuant to Circular VIII, No: 54 of the Capital Markets Board
           
          
In order to manage regulatory and legal matters with an aligned focus, Regulation Strategies and Wholesale Business and Legal functions are positioned under newly formed Regulation and Legal function. Within this context and effective from today:
              
 
·
Tayfun Çataltepe has been appointed Chief Regulation and Legal Officer. He currently holds the Chief Regulation Strategies and Wholesale Business Officer role;
           
 
·
Tolga Cem Seyfeli has been appointed Chief Legal Officer.
             
              
Tolga Cem Seyfeli joined Turkcell in 2011 as the Institutional & Governmental Relations Director. Prior to Turkcell, Mr Seyfeli worked as a legal advisor at Turk Telekom, Ministry of Transport and Botaş A.S. Mr Seyfeli graduated from the Faculty of Law at Ankara University and holds a Master’s degree on Private Law and Competition Law at Gazi University.
           
           
For more information:
             
Turkcell Investor Relations
            
                
investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr
         
Tel: + 90 212 313 1888
               
You can follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/TurkcellNews
           
              
 
 
 
 
 
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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:  December 6, 2013 By: /s/ Koray Öztürkler  
  Name: Koray Öztürkler  
  Title: Chief Corporate Affairs Officer  
         
 
 
 
 
 TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S.  
       
       
Date:  December 6, 2013 By:
/s/ Nihat Narin
  
  Name: Nihat Narin  
  Title: Investor & Int. Media Relations – Director