Awards

  • 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.