Executive Officers

1 - Sureyya Ciliv

Chief Executive Officer

Sureyya Ciliv, age 53, was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Turkcell on January 9, 2007. Having previously worked as Microsoft Turkey country manager between 1997-2000, he served in various management positions in Microsoft Global Sales, Marketing and Service Group in the US A between 2000 and 2007. Prior to 1997, Mr. Ciliv was the General Manager and Chairman of Novasoft Systems Inc., a company he established in Boston, US A. Sureyya Ciliv received his MB A degree from Harvard University in 1983 after successfully graduating with honors in Industry & Operations Engineering and Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1981.

2 - Burak Sevilengul

Chief Consumer Business Officer

Burak Sevilengul, age 38, joined Turkcell in 2001 and has been Chief Consumer Business Officer since August 2010. Prior to this appointment, he was the Division Head for the Consumer Business group and had various other managerial responsibilities within the Marketing Department. Burak Sevilengül is a graduate of Middle East Technical University's Department of Business Administration and holds an MB A degree University Of Georgia, Terry College of Business.

3 - Koray Ozturkler

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Koray Ozturkler, age 48, joined Turkcell in 1998 and since April 9, 2008 he has been the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer in charge of corporate communications, investor relations and Corporate Citizenship. Prior to this appointment he was the Investor Relations division head at Turkcell since 2002 and before that he was the division head of International Business Development. Mr. Ozturkler started his career in the US A at Accenture Consulting. He continued his career at Yapi Kredi Bank. Mr. Ozturkler is a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University Marketing Division and he received his MB A majoring in MIS from Mercer University.

4 - Ilter Terzioglu

Chief Network Operations Officer

Ilter Terzioglu, age 45, joined Turkcell in 2003 and since April 1, 2006 he has been the Chief Network Operations Officer. Mr. Terzioglu has worked in the communications sector since 1993 and served as Assistant General Manager at Ericsson, Superonline and Show TV. Mr. Terzioglu is a graduate of the Department of Econometrics at Istanbul University. Prior to his current position in Turkcell as the Chief Network Operations Officer, he was performing as the Head of Business Strategies, Regulation and Risk Consolidation in Turkcell.

5 - Emre Sayin

Chief Consumer Strategic Projects Officer

Emre Sayin, age 44, is the Chief Consumer Strategic Projects Officer of Turkcell. Prior to his current position, he was performing as the Chief Corporate Business Officer and Chief Consumer Sales Officer of Turkcell. Sayin worked for Evyap Pazarlama ve Tic. A.S. as the Deputy General Manager in charge of Marketing in 2005-2006 and for Kodak A.S. as the General Manager in 2002-2005. Prior to that Emre Sayin was the Chief Marketing Officer for Microsoft Turkey between 1999-2002. Sayin worked as the Marketing and Category Manager of Unilever Turkey between 1992-1999. Emre Sayin is a graduate of Bosphorus University's Department of Industrial Engineering and holds a Master's degree in Systems and Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University.

6 - Lale Saral Develioglu

Chief Group Marketing Services Officer

Lale Saral Develioglu, age 43, joined Turkcell in 2003 and since August 2010 has been Chief Turkcell Group Marketing Services Officer. Prior to this position, she was the Chief Marketing Officer from 2006 to 2010 and the Individual Marketing Division Head of Turkcell between December 2003 and June 2006. Starting her career at Unilever, Lale Saral Develioglu served as Brand Manager for 5 years and Marketing Manager for 7 years in various product categories and markets between 1992 and 2003. She is a graduate from the department of Industrial Engineering of Bogazici University. She also holds a Master's degree in Management Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York.

7 - Selen Kocabas

Chief Corporate Business Officer

Selen Kocabas, age 43, joined Turkcell in 2003 and she is the Chief Corporate Business Officer. Prior to this appointment, she was the Chief Business Support Officer in charge of human resources, corporate information systems, procurement and contract management, and administrative issues. Mrs. Kocabas started her professional career as a Management Trainee at Koc Holding, Mrs. Kocabas later worked as Human Resources Expert at Arcelik, then as a Human Resources Coordinator at Marshall, followed by Groupe Danone SA where she worked as Human Resources Director. Selen Kocabas is a graduate of Economics from Istanbul University. She also obtained a master's degree in Human Resources Management from Marmara University.

8 - Serkan Okandan

Chief Financial Officer

Serkan Okandan, age 41, joined Turkcell in 2000. Since January 1, 2006, he has been the Chief Financial Officer of Turkcell. Prior to this appointment, he was the Financial Control and Reporting Division Head of Turkcell. Mr. Okandan started his professional career at Pricewaterhouse- Coopers in 1992. He then worked for DHL and Frito Lay as a Financial Controller. Serkan Okandan is a graduate in Economics from Bosphorus University.

9 - Emre Sehsuvaroglu

Division Head of Corporate Risk Management

Emre Sehsuvaroglu, age 40, joined Turkcell in 2006 and has served as the Division Head in charge of Corporate Risk Management since November 13, 2006, working on such issues as compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, internal audit, corporate risk management, business continuity program management and data security. Mr. Sehsuvaroglu started his professional career at Deloitte Independent Audit in 1993 and then served as Audit Group Director at Arkas Holding between 2003 - 2006. Mr. Sehsuvaroglu is a graduate of Marmara University Department of Management, a Certified Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor.

10 - Umit Akin

Chief Legal Affairs Officer

Umit Akin, age 41, joined Turkcell in 2002 and was appointed Chief Legal Affairs Officer on February 1, 2010. Prior to his current position, he was the Division Head of Turkcell's Regulatory Legal Affairs department. Mr. Akin began his professional life in 1996 at Ankara University's Faculty of Law as a Research Assistant. He then worked as a Lawyer at Ericsson. Umit Akin graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Law in 1995 and holds a master's degree in Public Law.

11 - Hulusi Acar

Chief Consumer Sales Officer

Hulusi Acar, age 40, joined Turkcell in 2000 and was appointed Chief Consumer Sales Officer on December 10, 2009. He graduated from Istanbul University's Business Administration department in 1995. Mr. Acar worked in sales positions in THY and Koctas A.S. At Turkcell he worked as Area Sales Manager, Marmara Region Coordinator and Turkey Sales Manager between 2000-2004. Between March 2004 and November 2006 he was Sales and Customer Relationship Chief Executive Officer of Astelit. Prior to his current position as Chief Consumer Sales Officer, he worked as the Sales Management and Wholesale and Distribution Management Division Head.

12 - Tayfun Cataltepe

Chief Corporate Strategy & Regulations Office

Tayfun Cataltepe, age 50, is the Chief Corporate Strategy & Regulations Officer. After graduating from the Electronic Engineering Department of Bosphorus University, Cataltepe received his MS c degree from Michigan Technology University and doctorate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. From 1990 to 1998, he worked as a Research and Development Engineer in the Bell Laboratories. In 1998 he moved on to AT&T as the IP Network and Service Planning projects manager, where he worked until 2003. Following AT&T, he started to work at Aycell as the Deputy General Manager in charge of Technical Operations. He was then Deputy General Manager in charge of Network Operations at AVEA from 2004 to 2006. In 2007, Mr. Cataltepe served as the Europe Telecom Sector Expert in the Transaction Integration Services Department of Ernst & Young. Since 2007, he has been working at Turkcell as a Chief Officer.

13 - Ilker Kuruoz

Chief Information and Communication Technologies Officer

Ilker Kuruoz, age 42, is Turkcell's Chief Information and Communication Technologies Officer as of September 2009. He joined Turkcell in 2006. Kuruöz has started his professional career in 1994 in ABT. He then worked in NCR as a System Consultant, in Garanti Teknoloji as a Business Unit Manager and in Accenture as a Senior Manager. Prior to his current position at Turkcell, he was the Capability Management Division Head of Turkcell. Ilker Kuruoz graduated from Bilkent University Computer Engineering in 1992 and holds a Master's degree from the same department.

14 - Cenk Bayrakdar

Chief Products and Services Management Officer

Cenk Bayrakdar, age 43, joined Turkcell in 2000 and was appointed Chief Product and Services Management Officer on September 1, 2009. Having started his professional career at Arcelik, he held several managerial positions on the IT and Production Teams. He then worked at Corbuss as the Business Development Coordinator between 2001-2002 and served as the Partnership Development Division Head of Turkcell between 2002 and 2004. Prior to his current position at Turkcell as the Chief Product and Services Management Officer, Mr. Bayrakdar acted as the Chief Information and Communication Technologies Officer.

15 - Ekrem Yener

Chief International Expansion Officer

Ekrem Yener, age 50, joined Turkcell in 2007, and has held positions as Chief Corporate Business Officer and Chief Special Projects Officer. Currently, he is acting as Turkcell's Chief International Expansion Officer. He worked for Aysu Dis Tic. A.S. and Digital Equipment A.S. as a Sales Manager from 1991-1998. Yener worked as the Ankara Regional Manager of Microsoft Turkey in 1998. He was appointed Microsoft's Deputy General Manager in Charge of Marketing in 2002 and was the Deputy General Manager in charge of Business and Strategy Development between 2004-2007. He graduated from the Istanbul Technical University's Department of Metallurgical Engineering in 1982 and received a Master's Degree in Material Sciences from the University of California at Berkley in 1986 and in High Level Marketing Management from Kellogg University.

16 - Meltem Kalender Ozturk

Chief Human Resources Off

* Meltem Kalender Ozturk, age 37, joined Turkcell in 1998. She was assigned as Division Head of Employee Relations Management between 2001 and 2011 in charge of training, performance and talent management, remuneration, employee relations, organizational development and quality management. Mrs. Ozturk, the Chief Human Resources Officer since March 14, 2011, worked also in Human Resources areas in Logo Business Solutions and Işıklar Holding. Meltem Kalender Ozturk is a graduate of Business Administration from Marmara University.