Turkcell

Carbon Disclosure Project, (CDP) was set up nearly 15 years ago to serve investors who wanted to see companies reporting reliable information about their climate change policies.

Turkey's largest telecoms operator Turkcell on Nov. 25 said it was making a non-binding indicative offer for Nordic firm TeliaSonera's 58.55 percent stake in its Eurasian unit Fintur.

Do?an Holding Chairwoman Begümhan Do?an Faralyal? was awarded "businesswoman of the year" at the Bosphorus Business World Awards in a ceremony on Nov. 21. 

"The main source of your dreams should not be your mother, father, teacher or neighbors, but you. Find the seed within yourself, plant it and grow it," she said at the ceremony. 

Türk Telekom's Argela has applied for 10 patents for 5G technologies in the United States, said the company in a press release on Nov. 20. 

Turkcell is expecting to rapidly increase its market share and grow by up to 14 percent over the next three years thanks to the introduction of 4.5G technology, the cell phone operator's CEO has said.

Do?an Holding Chairwoman Begümhan Do?an Faralyal? has been named businesswoman of the year at the Bosphorus Business World Awards. 

After gaining 15 years of overseas experience, she moved back to Turkey in 2009 and became CEO of Star TV.

A total of 2 billion euros has been paid to the Treasury by the telecommunication companies which won a tender for the launch of advanced 4.5G technologies in Turkey.

Turkey's largest fixed-line operator, Türk Telekom, is talking to banks to raise a loan worth up to $500 million, which it plans to close before year-end, banking sources said on Oct. 26.

The five-year deal will be syndicated with a club of regional and international banks, and is being coordinated by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the sources said.

Turkey's largest mobile operator Turkcell said on Sept. 17 it was considering acquiring some of the Eurasian assets of its shareholder TeliaSonera, after the Nordic telecom operator said it was looking at leaving seven markets.

Russia?s Alfa Telecom has applied to Turkey?s Competition Board to take indirect control of leading Turkish mobile phone operator Turkcell from Çukurova Holding, the latest step in a long-running battle for control of the company.