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 October 16, 2014

Commission File Number: 001-15092

TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S.

(Translation of registrant’s name in English)

Turkcell Plaza

Mesrutiyet Caddesi No. 71

34430 Tepebasi

Istanbul, Turkey

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

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Enclosure: A press release dated October 16, 2014 regarding Turkcell’s application to the Capital Markets Board of Turkey with respect to the Facilitated Merger of Turktell Uluslararası Yatırım Holding with Turkcell.

Istanbul, October 16, 2014

Announcement Regarding Application to the Capital Markets Board of Turkey with respect to Facilitated Merger of Turktell Uluslararası Yatırım Holding with Turkcell

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

As the procedural next step for the merger of our 100% owned subsidiary Turktell Uluslararası Yatırım Holding A.Ş. with Turkcell through “Facilitated Merger” method which we announced on September 24, 2014, we have applied* to the Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMB) for approval on October 16, 2014.

*Merger agreement and merger announcement which are submitted for CMB’s approval, and relevant financial statements are available in Turkish on our website.

For more information:

Turkcell Investor Relations

investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr

Tel: + 90 212 313 1888

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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: October 16, 2014	By:	/s/ Murat Dogan Erden
	Name:	Murat Dogan Erden
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer


	TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S.


Date: October 16, 2014	By:	/s/ Nihat Narin
	Name:	Nihat Narin
	Title:	Investor Relations Director