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 August 23, 2016
Commission File Number: 001-15092
 

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

Aydınevler Mahallesi İnönü Caddesi No:20
Küçükyalı Ofispark
34854 Maltepe
Istanbul, Turkey

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
  
  
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Enclosure: A press release dated August 23, 2016, announcing Turkcell Odeme Hizmetleri A.Ş.’s Operation Permit.
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
    
  
Istanbul, August 23, 2016

Announcement Regarding Turkcell Odeme Hizmetleri A.Ş.’s Operation Permit

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

Our Company’s subsidiary Turkcell Ödeme Hizmetleri A.Ş, operating under Paycell brand, has received an operating permit for payment services from the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (“BRSA”). The decision was published in the Official Gazette on August 20, 2016.
 
Paycell, becoming the first BRSA licensed operator brand, will now be able to provide services in diverse fields including money transfer, invoice payment, member merchant payment services, and prepaid cards to both Turkcell and non-Turkcell customers on top of the operator invoicing services it has been providing in accordance with the Payment Services Law introduced by the BRSA in 2014.
 
Turkcell, having receiving the payment services operating permit from BRSA with Paycell in addition to the consumer financing operating permit of Turkcell Finansman A.Ş, intends to lead the fintech (financial technology).
 
 
 
For more information:
 
Turkcell Investor Relations
 
investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr
 
Tel: + 90 212 313 1888
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
  
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:  August 23, 2016
By:
 /s/Nihat Narin
  
  Name: Nihat Narin  
  Title: Investor Relations and Business Development Director  
 
 
  

 
       
 
TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S.
  
     
     
Date:  August 23, 2016
By:
 /s/Ilter Terzioglu
  
  Name: Ilter Terzioglu  
  Title: Strategy Executive Vice President