Turkcell: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Turkcell (NYSE: TKC) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey that owns 9 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1][2]
Turkcell is a Turkish joint stock company incorporated in 1993 that began operating in 1994 as the country's first GSM operator. It has grown from mobile telephony into fixed broadband, digital services, payments and consumer finance, and files a Form 20-F with the SEC; its shares trade on Borsa Istanbul and its ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange. Its own filing lists the consumer apps below as services it develops in house, and notes that it sold its Ukrainian operations, including lifecell, in 2024.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş.
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey
- Founded
- 1993
- Tickers
- NYSE: TKC
- Revenue
- TRY 107.1 billion (2023)[2]
- SEC CIK
- 0001071321
- Website
- www.turkcell.com.tr
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
What Turkcell's annual report says about its business
Read from Turkcell's latest annual filing[1]. Each line gives the sentence the filing uses, copied word for word.
Segments the filing names
- Turkcell T rkiye, Techfin:
Our operations are aggregated under two main reportable segments, Turkcell T rkiye and Techfin.
- Other:
The Group's segments are now "Turkcell T rkiye" and "Techfin" and "Other."
Acquisitions and disposals named in the filing
- Acquired: Boyut Grup Enerji Elektrik retim n . San. ve Tic. A. . ("Boyut Enerji").
In addition, the owned capacity in renewable energy investments of Turkcell Enerji increased after the acquisition of Boyut Grup Enerji Elektrik retim n . San. ve Tic. A. . ("Boyut Enerji"), which brought additional operational, financial, regulatory and other risks related to the power generation business.
- Acquired: an additional 55% stake in our main competitor T rk Telekom (2022).
In 2022, TWF acquired an additional 55% stake in our main competitor T rk Telekom, in addition to 6.68% they held in the past, and the Turkish Treasury has a golden share in that company.
- Acquired: Telsim (May 24, 2006).
Vodafone T rkiye is a privately held company, through which Vodafone entered the Turkish mobile market by acquiring Telsim on May 24, 2006 from the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund.
Turkcell in numbers
- Turkcell owns 9 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is internet & digital with 7 brands.[1]
Turkcell financial history
Headline figures from Turkcell's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in TRY as reported, fiscal years ending 2018–2023. Revenue moved from TRY 21.3bn to TRY 107.1bn, an average of 38.1% a year (calculated).
| Fiscal year ended | Revenue | Operating income | Operating margin | Net income | Total assets | Long-term debt | Filing |
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| TRY 107.1bn | TRY 7.81bn | 7.3% | TRY 12.5bn | TRY 247.1bn | TRY 57.9bn | 20-F | |
| TRY 93.5bn | TRY 2.95bn | 3.2% | TRY 6.88bn | TRY 235bn | TRY 61.2bn | 20-F | |
| TRY 108.6bn | TRY 12.1bn | 11.1% | TRY 7.14bn | TRY 151.3bn | TRY 45.9bn | 20-F | |
| TRY 69.5bn | TRY 8.99bn | 12.9% | TRY 4.51bn | TRY 51.5bn | TRY 16.4bn | 20-F | |
| TRY 25.1bn | TRY 5.03bn | 20.0% | TRY 3.28bn | TRY 45.7bn | TRY 12.7bn | 20-F | |
| TRY 21.3bn | TRY 4.36bn | 20.5% | TRY 2.18bn | TRY 42.8bn | TRY 13.1bn | 20-F |
Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.
Everything Turkcell owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Full portfolio, 9 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
Recent changes to this record
Turkcell SEC filings
The documents behind the figures on this page, as listed in the SEC's EDGAR index. Each links to the filing itself.
Annual reports
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
Recent current and quarterly reports
| Filed | Form | What it declares |
|---|---|---|
| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer | |
| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer | |
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| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer |
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Turkcell own?
Turkcell owns 9 consumer brands tracked here, including Paycell, BiP, TV+, lifebox, GAME+ and fizy.
Is Turkcell a Turkish company?
Yes. Turkcell is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey and was founded in 1993.
Who owns Turkcell?
Turkcell is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as TKC on the NYSE.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-17 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 17 April 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
- [2] Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş.: Form 20-F for the year ended 2023-12-31 (revenue) — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 13 May 2024; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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