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 October 16, 2014
         
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 October 16, 2014 regarding Turkcell’s arbitration case in relation to the GSM license tender in Iran.
 
 
 
 
 
                           
    


 
Istanbul, October 16, 2014


Announcement Regarding the Arbitration Case in Relation to the GSM license tender in Iran

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

Our Company had been awarded with the GSM license following the tender initiated to operate a GSM network in Islamic Republic of Iran.  However, on the grounds that the license had been awarded to another company by Islamic Republic of Iran in an unlawful way, Turkcell have filed an ad hoc arbitration on January 11, 2008.
 
Tribunal awarded that it has no jurisdiction to entertain Turkcell’s claims.
 
Our company is assessing possible legal options against the Tribunal’s award.
 
 
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 or visit our website www.turkcell.com.tr
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                  
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:  October 16, 2014
By:
 /s/ Murat Dogan Erden
  
  Name: Murat Dogan Erden  
  Title: Chief Financial Officer  
       

 
       
 
TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S.
  
     
     
Date:  October 16, 2014
By:
 /s/ Nihat Narin
  
  Name: Nihat Narin  
  Title: Investor Relations Director