ISTANBUL - Turkey's leading GSM operator has become an institutional member of the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS).
Turkcell said in a statement on Tuesday that Brussels-based think-tank aimed at carrying out state-of-the-art policy research leading to solutions to the challenges facing Europe today.
Founded in Brussels in 1983, the CEPS is among the most experienced and authoritative think tanks operating in the EU today. CEPS serves as a leading forum for debate on EU affairs, and aims at achieving high standards of academic excellence and maintain unqualified independence, providing a forum for discussion among all stakeholders in the European policy process, and building collaborative networks of researchers, policy-makers and business representatives across the whole of Europe. It has 120 corporate members and 130 institutional members.
Turkcell is the leading mobile communications provider in Turkey with 35.4 million subscribers as of December 31st, 2007. It is not only the leading operator in Turkey, but also the second biggest GSM operator in Europe in terms of subscriber numbers.
(UK-MS)