Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication

Turkish private tech giant Türk Telekom has become the first company in the world to experience the Software Defined Network Enabled Broadband Access (SEBA) technology.

SpaceX launched a Turkish communications satellite into orbit late on Jan. 7. 

The technology company's Falcon 9 rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the U.S. state of Florida, carrying the Turksat 5A satellite.

Turkey plans to launch a communication satellite on the night between Monday and Tuesday next week, the country's transport and infrastructure minister announced on Dec. 30. 

Following the Turksat 5A satellite, the country will also launch another communication satellite, the Turksat 5B, in June, Adil Karaismailoğlu announced in Turkey's Black Sea province Ordu.

Turkey's telecommunication watchdog BTK has fined the country's three mobile operators, Turkcell, Vodafone and Türk Telekom, over their failure to provide communications services in the wake of the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Istanbul in September.

Türk Telekom has announced that its net income in the first quarter of 2019 soared 183 percent on an annual basis to 2.2 billion Turkish Liras.

Turkey's telecom giant Turk Telekom reported a net loss of 1.39 billion Turkish Liras ($267 million) for 2018 versus 1.13 billion liras of profit the company posted in 2017.

Two Turkish deputy transport and transport ministers have been appointed to the Türk Telekom board of directors after two members of the company resigned. 

The Turkish Treasury and Finance Ministry has given the final approval paving the way for the transfer of a majority stake of Türk Telekom to a joint venture of creditor banks.

The transfer of a majority stake of Türk Telekom to a joint venture of creditor banks has been approved by Turkey's communication authority.

Integrated telecommunications company Türk Telekom posted an annual loss of 888.6 million Turkish Liras ($183 million) in the second quarter compared to a net profit of 890 million liras in the same period of 2017, due to the falling value of Turkey's currency and an increase in its financing costs, it said in a statement to the main Istanbul stock exchange on July 25.