TeliaSonera commenting Turkcell´s release

TeliaSonera commenting Turkcell´s release Turkcell has today announced that an Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting will be held on October 30, 2003 in Istanbul to elect all seven members of Turkcell Board of Directors. In its notice to Turkcell, one of the company's two statutory auditors stated that the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting was being called "due to the Board of Directors being unable to agree upon important and strategic decisions for Turkcell". In general, TeliaSonera has not disagreed on board decisions. However, the Turkcell board has been unable to agree on some issues concerning related party transactions. For further information journalists can contact: Samppa Seppälä, Vice President Communications, TeliaSonera International, tel +358-40-708 98 80 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/09/01/20030901BIT00840/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/09/01/20030901BIT00840/wkr0002.pdf