The company, whose 22.3 million subscribers make it the thirteenth largest mobile network in the world, expects growth in Turkey, its home market, to continue at its tremendous pace in the next few years. The country has a population of 70 million with a very young age profile.

Turkcell also has 3.5 million customers in Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, which it is present through a JV with its main shareholder, TeliaSonera.

© Gijs van Beek, Telecompaper