Turkcell

Three deputy general managers have quit their posts at Turkey?s largest mobile phone operator, Turkcell, amid rising interference by the government into the company, which has a complex shareholder structure. 

Turks spent more than 35.5 billion Turkish Liras ($13.3 billion) on telecommunications last year, up from 32.2 billion liras ($12.2 billion) in 2013, according to a report released by the Information and Communications Technologies Authority (BTK) on March 27.

Over 80 percent of the amount spent went on Turkey's top four telecommunication companies, the report stated.

TeliaSonera and the other shareholders in Turkcell Holding have agreed to propose to the General Assembly meeting of Turkcell that the largest mobile company in Turkey will distribute dividends, which is calculated at around 4 billion Turkish Liras.

Turkey expects to complete a tender for fourth-generation (4G) mobile data services in May and be able to offer the service to consumers by the end of this year, Transport and Communications Minister Lütfi Elvan said on March 4.

I previously wrote the two paragraphs below about the Makers Movement in Turkey:

Turkey?s largest mobile operator Turkcell posted a lower-than-expected net profit of 258 million Turkish Liras ($105 million) in the fourth quarter,  due to foreign currency losses in operations in Ukraine and Belarus.

Turkey's biggest mobile operator Turkcell has announced that company CEO Süreyya Ciliv has decided to resign from his position, effective from Jan. 31, in a written statement to the Public Disclosure Platform late on Jan. 28.

Twitter has not been blocked in Turkey, the country's telecommunications watchdog said Dec. 15.

The watchdog made the clarification after Twitter users complained they were unable to access the micro-blogging site for nearly two hours on the day.

Turkey’s leading telecommunications and technology company Turkcell has joined a select group of international companies that have inspired Harvard Business School case studies.

The case study on Turkcell has recently been published and will initially be taught on the school’s MBA program as a part of the required curriculum.

Turkish assets has sunk after a survey showed a contraction in the country’s manufacturing sector in July, with the index at its lowest in more than five years.

The dolar/lira ratio surpassed 2.15 level in the afternoon trading, touching its highest level in one-and-a-half-month, as the lira continued to slip against the U.S. currency.