Turkcell (TCELL) Investor presentation summary
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Investor presentation summary
9 Nov, 2026Q2 2026 financial performance
Revenue TRY 71.8bn, up 2.5% YoY; EBITDA TRY 30.0bn, down 1.6%, with margin at 41.8%, down 1.7pp.
Net income TRY 5.2bn, down 5.7% YoY; higher depreciation followed the 5G license entering service in Q2.
Revenue growth was broad-based; Türkiye contributed TRY 1bn of incremental revenue, with corporate demand a notable contributor.
2026 guidance maintained: revenue growth 5%-7%, EBITDA margin 40%-42%, operational capex/sales 18%-20%, and data center and cloud revenue growth ~25%.
Subscriber and service trends
Mobile base included 32.5mn postpaid and 7.5mn prepaid subscribers; Q2 postpaid net additions were 284K, while mobile ARPU excluding M2M was TRY 448, down 3.9% YoY on an IAS 29-adjusted basis.
Fiber reached 2.6mn subscribers and 6.7mn homepasses; residential fiber ARPU was TRY 570, up 3.2% YoY on an IAS 29-adjusted basis.
Superbox added 64K subscribers in Q2; fixed wireless access market share was 74.3%, with subscriber growth up 25% YoY.
TV services had 2.7mn subscribers; Q2 net additions were 64K, supported by content partnerships including HBO Max.
Digital, techfin and infrastructure growth
Digital Business Services revenue was TRY 8.7bn, up 33.1% YoY; data center and cloud revenue was TRY 1.6bn, up 9.8%.
System integration backlog was TRY 16bn as of Q2; active IT capacity was 54MW, and construction began on hyperscale facilities for Google Cloud’s Türkiye region in Ankara.
Paycell Q2 transaction volume was TRY 63.5bn with 6.8mn active users; Financell’s loan portfolio was TRY 9.6bn.
Data center and cloud targets include 6x revenue and more than 2x capacity by end-2032 versus 2025 year-end; standalone EBITDA target is $1bn by end-2032.
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