Turkcell was presented with an "Alliance Excellence
Awards" in 2009, in the "Growth Company: Alliance-
Management Excellence" category, for our Turkcell
Partner Program. The Turkcell Partner Program is the major pillar
of all our Business Partnership Management Programs. We have
been implementing the Turkcell Partner Program at Turkcell since
2004 and at our Group Companies since 2010.
The Corporate University Xchange is considered one of the most
respected organizations in the world in terms of designing inhouse
workshops. It presented the Turkcell Academy with the
CorpU Award for Excellence and Innovation in the "Learning Technologies" category for the 11th time this
year.
We were honored with an award for "Best Financial
Disclosure Procedures in Europe" at the 2010
Investor Relations Global Rankings Awards in Amsterdam.
Kariyer.net recognized Turkcell with its "Company
Receiving the Highest Job Applications" award; and the Turkcell Global Bilgi with its "Company Generating
the Highest Employment" at the Respect for
Humanity Award Ceremony.
In the Best-Managed Companies in Central and Eastern Europe
2010 Survey, conducted by Euromoney magazine, Turkcell
ranked first in the "Most Satisfactory and Consistent
Company Strategy in the Mobile Sector" category,
and third in the "Best Managed Company" category.
Turkcell Academy received an Excellence Award in
the "Leadership Development" category from ASTD
(American Society for Training and Development).
We won the Grand Prize from the International Public
Relations Association (IPRA) in the "Best Service
Launch" category for the 3G launch.
Turkcell Global Bilgi ranked first in the "Call
Centers" list in the Bilisim 500.
We won the grand award in the Bilisim 500 competition for
our "Mobile Application".
Turkcell Global Bilgi won the Grand Prize in the "Best
Telemarketing" category for the EME A (Europe, Middle-
East and Africa Region).
Turkcell won the Trade Financing Solution of
the Year award. Turkcell and Astelit, a Turkcell Group
company in Ukraine, signed a facility agreement in the amount
of approximately $360 million to be used for the 2009 financing
of infrastructure investments originating from Ericsson. The
facility was arranged by Credit Agricole CIB and Nordea Bank
AB with the guarantee of the Swedish Export Credits Guarantee
Board, and was assigned to the Swedish Export Credit
Corporation. This financing transaction was awarded as the
Trade Financing Solution of the Year by Euromoney.
We ranked high in thirteen categories in the
International Business Awards; in three of these, we
ranked the highest. Accordingly, we garnered First Place in
the "Marketing Website" category with www.turkcell3g.com;
First Place in the "Financial Services" category, with Garanti
e-trader; and "Production Development Team of the Year" with
AdinAction Development Team. Turkcell also won ten
honorary awards in seven different categories. Turkcell's CEO Süreyya Ciliv was presented with an honorary
award in the "Executive of the Year in Europe" category, while
the Snowdrops and Bridge of Hearts projects each received
honorary awards in the "Social Responsibility Projects of the
Year" category. The Turkcell Management Team was recognized
in the "Management Team of the Year" category; the Turkcell
Corporate Communications Team was recognized in the
"Communication Team of the Year" category; Turkcell VINN in
the "Marketing Campaign of the Year" category; TıklaKonuş and
Turkcell Konuşanİlan in the "New Services of the Year" category;
and Turkcell Mobile Learning and Turkcell-NTV News Package in
the "New Telecommunication Services of the Year" category.
Digital Age Awards:
Most Creative Viral Campaign: Certificate of Achievement: Gezenzi Lost
Most Creative Digital Centered, Integrated Digital Campaigns
First: 100 Things To Do When You Are Young
Most Creative Video: First Award: Gezenzi Internet Video
We won the Grand Prize at the Golden Drum in the "Best PR
Event" category with the First Year Event of 3G.
We were awarded Capital Magazine's Most
Admired Company in 2010 Award.