[April 25, 2005] Turkcell BoD Decisions Dated April 22, 2005 Tweet ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Turkcell , the leading provider of mobile communications in Turkey, announced today that Turkcell's Board of Directors, in order to enhance Turkcell's corporate governance practices in compliance with the applicable regulations of the Istanbul Stock Exchange and those of the New York Stock Exchange, decided to recommend Mr. Jean-Louis Vinciguerra and Mr. Malcolm Coster as independent board members to be elected to our Company's Board Of Directors and Mr Jean-Louis Vinciguerra is expected to chair the Audit Committee and Mr. Malcolm Coster is expected to be member of the Audit Committee and to chair the Corporate Governance Committee. Jean-Louis Vinciguerra currently is the Director of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), an Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Nexans and previously a Board Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Orange, Wanadoo, Equant (France Telecom). Mr. Vinciguerra is a graduate of the Institute of Political Studies in Paris; he also holds a Ph.D in Economics from the University of Paris and he completed the Program for Management Development of the Harvard Business School. Malcolm Coster is the Executive Chairman of MTL Instruments Group plc and President and CEO of Warp Technology Holdings Inc. He is also a Non-Executive Director of BTG Group plc and Non-Executive Director of The Performing Right Society and the MCPS-PRS Alliance. Mr Coster was previously President of Unisys Europe and an Executive Partner and Head of Management Consulting at Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Coster earned his Bachelor of Science Degree with Special Honours in Mathematics from Kings College, London University. http://www.turkcell.com.tr/ About Turkcell Turkcell is the leading GSM operator in Turkey with 24.3 million postpaid and prepaid customers as of March 31, 2005. Turkcell provides high-quality wireless telephone services throughout Turkey and has coverage of 100% of the towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants. Turkcell provides roaming with 442 operators in 176 countries as of April 13, 2005. Turkcell is the only NYSE listed company in Turkey. Turkcell has interests in international GSM operations in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Northern Cyprus, which have a total of 3.9 million subscribers as of December 31, 2004. Turkcell CONTACT: For further information please contact: Turkcell: Investors:Koray Ozturkler, Investor Relations, Tel: +90-212-313-1500,Email: [email protected]; Ferda Atabek, InvestorRelations, Tel: +90-212-313-12-75, Email:[email protected],[email protected]; Media: Ilke Homris,Corporate Communications, Tel: +90-212-313-2320, Email:[email protected]; or Bahar Erbengi, CorporateCommunications, Tel: +90-212-313-2309, Email:[email protected]; Citigate Dewe Rogerson, Europe:Kate Delahunty, Tel: +44-20-7282-2934, Email:[email protected], or United States: VictoriaHofstad, Tel: +1-212-687-8080, Email: [email protected] [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]