Turkey Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Publication Date: May 2025

Report Pages: 196

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Türkiye anticipates 5G spectrum allocation later in 2024

Türkiye continues to develop its capabilities within its telecom sector, becoming one of the relatively few countries able to build and develop its own communications satellites. With the successful launch of the Turksat 5A and 5B satellites in 2021, the country has vastly increased its bandwidth capacity. These satellites will be joined by the Turksat 6A in mid-2024.

In addition to these technological breakthroughs, the country’s telcos have invested in fibre infrastructure, with Vodafone Türkiye having trialled a 1Tb/s service in late 2021 to support its 5G network backhaul and improve the quality of its fixed infrastructure.

Deployment of fibre-based broadband networks are well established, with fibre accounting for 33.5% of all fixed broadband connections as of September 2023, compared to 26.7% at the end of 2021. The DSL sector still dominates but its share is steadily declining, year-on-year, accounting for 56% of connections as of September 2023 compared to 63% at the end of 2021.

Improved fixed and mobile infrastructure is underpinning the country’s initiatives relating to Smart City concepts, which have become a key area of focus for the emerging digital economy and the transformation to a knowledge-based economy. Türkiye’s National Smart Cities Strategy and Action Plan is supported by investment in 5G from government, industry, and telcos. While all three MNOs operate pilot 5G services in limited areas, commercial launches are not expected until after suitable spectrum is allocated later in 2024.

Key developments:

SOCAR Türkiye contracts Turkcell to deploy a 5G-based private wireless network at its refinery in Aliaga Peninsula.
Domestically-built Turksat 6A satellite nears delivery date for launch.
Türk Telecom increases its national fibre network to 427,000, with fibre broadband covering 31.9 million premises.
Report update includes the regulator’s market updates for Q3 2023, telcos’ financial and operating data to December 2023, updated Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report include:

Türk Telekom, Turkcell, Vodafone Türkiye, Turksat, Superonline, Millenicom.

Key statistics
Country overview
Telecommunications market

Market analysis

Regulatory environment

Regulatory authority

Information and Communications Technologies Authority (ICTA)

Fixed-line developments

Electronic Communications Law 2008
Telecom sector liberalisation
Privatisation
Interconnect
Access
Number portability (NP)
Carrier Selection
Universal services
Tax levies

Mobile network developments

3G licences
Third and fourth GSM licences
Multi-spectrum auction - 2015
Significant Market Power (SMP)
MTRs
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Telsim privatisation
Retail Price Cap Regulation

Mobile market

Mobile statistics

Mobile voice

Mobile data

Mobile broadband
Mobile infrastructure

Tower infrastructure
5G
4G (LTE)
3G
GSM
M2M

Major mobile operators

Turkcell
Vodafone Türkiye
Türk Telekom

Mobile content and applications

M-commerce

Fixed broadband market

Market analysis
Broadband statistics
Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks

Turkcell
Türk Telecom

Wireless broadband

Fixed network operators

Türk Telekom
Turksat
Turkcell Group
Millenicom

Telecommunications infrastructure

Overview of the national telecom network
International infrastructure

Submarine cable networks
Terrestrial networks
Satellites

Smart infrastructure

Appendix – Historic data
Glossary of abbreviations
Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Türkiye – 2024 (e)
Table 2 – Türkiye - GDP and inflation – 2012 – 2024
Table 3 – Development of telecom revenue and investment (TRY million) – 2012 – 2023
Table 4 – Change in fixed and mobile voice traffic (billion minutes) – 2012 – 2023
Table 5 – Change in fixed and mobile voice minutes per subscriber (minutes per month) – 2012 – 2023
Table 6 – Change in the number of fixed number portings – 2012 – 2021
Table 7 – Change in the number of mobile number portings – 2012 – 2021
Table 8 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2012 – 2027
Table 9 – Change in the number of mobile subscribers by platform – 2012 – 2022
Table 10 – Change in number of prepaid and postpaid subscribers (million) – 2012 – 2023
Table 11 – Change in the ratio of prepaid to contract subscribers – 2012 – 2023
Table 12 – Change in the market share of mobile voice traffic by MNO – 2020 – 2022
Table 13 – Change in SMS traffic – 2015 – 2023
Table 14 – Increase in broadband traffic by type (TB) – 2015 – 2023
Table 15 – Increase in broadband data traffic per subscriber by platform (GB/month) – 2015 – 2023
Table 16 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscriptions and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 17 – Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscriptions by type (million) – 2012 – 2023
Table 18 – Change in number of LTE subscribers (million) – 2017 – 2023
Table 19 – Change in number of 3G subscribers (million) – 2012 – 2023
Table 20 – Change in number of GSM subscribers (million) – 2012 – 2023
Table 21 – Increase in the number of M2M connections – 2012 – 2023
Table 22 – Increase in the number of Turkcell’s M2M connections – 2013 – 2023
Table 23 – Change in the share of mobile subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2023
Table 24 – Change in the number of Turkcell’s mobile subscribers (million) – 2012 – 2023
Table 25 – Turkcell Türkiye’s annualised mobile ARPU (TRY/month) – 2012 – 2023
Table 26 – Turkcell Türkiye - mobile data usage and MoU – 2012 – 2023
Table 27 – Change in Turkcell’s smartphone penetration – 2012 – 2023
Table 28 – Development of Vodafone Türkiye’s financial data (€ million) – 2016 – 2024
Table 29 – Change in the number of Vodafone Türkiye’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2023
Table 30 – Development of Vodafone Türkiye’s mobile ARPU (TRY/month) – 2012 – 2023
Table 31 – Increase in Vodafone Türkiye’s mobile data traffic – 2018 – 2023
Table 32 – Development of Türk Telekom’s mobile ARPU (TRY/month) – 2012 – 2023
Table 33 – Change in the number of Türk Telekom’s mobile subscribers by type (million) – 2012 – 2023
Table 34 – Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 35 – Change in the share of fixed broadband subscribers by platform – 2017 – 2023
Table 36 – Change in the share of fixed broadband connections by data rate – 2018 – 2022
Table 37 – Average monthly data usage per Türk Telekom broadband subscriber – 2012 – 2021
Table 38 – Change in Türk Telecom broadband ARPU – 2012 – 2023
Table 39 – Change in Turkcell's fibre broadband ARPU – 2016 – 2023
Table 40 – Growth in the number of cable broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2023
Table 41 – Change in the number of Turkcell’s cable and DSL broadband subscribers – 2013 – 2023
Table 42 – Growth in the number of DSL subscriptions – 2012 – 2023
Table 43 – Growth in the number of fibre broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2023
Table 44 – Increase in the number of Superonline’s fibre broadband subscribers (million) – 2013 – 2021
Table 45 – Increase in the number of Türk Telecom’s broadband subscribers (million) – 2014 – 2023
Table 46 – Increase in the number of Türk Telecom’s fibre broadband subscribers by type (million) – 2014 – 2023
Table 47 – Development of Türk Telekom Group’s financial data (TRY billion) – 2012 – 2023
Table 48 – Change in Türk Telekom Group’s mobile, fixed-voice, and broadband revenue – 2012 – 2023
Table 49 – Change in Türk Telecom’s fixed-line ARPU – 2012 – 2023
Table 50 – Change in the number of Türk Telecom’s fixed lines by type – 2011 – 2023
Table 51 – Development of Superonline’s financial data (TRY million) – 2012 – 2020
Table 52 – Development of Turkcell Group’s financial data (TRY billion) – 2012 – 2023
Table 53 – Increase in Turkcell's fixed-line ARPU – 2013 – 2023
Table 54 – Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
Table 55 – Change in the number of fixed lines by capacity – 2012 – 2022
Table 56 – Change in the number of public payphones – 2012 – 2022
Table 57 – Increase in international internet bandwidth – 2012 – 2020
Table 58 – Increase in national fibre cable length (km) – 2012 – 2022
Table 59 – Historic - Türkiye - fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1996 – 2011
Table 60 – Historic - Türkiye - mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1996 – 2011 –
Table 61 – Historic - Türkiye - breakdown of mobile revenue (proportion of total revenue) – 2008 – 2016
Table 62 – Historic - Türkiye - mobile operators’ market share by subscribers – 2007 – 2011
Table 63 – Historic - Türkiye - ratio of prepaid to postpaid subscribers – 2000 – 2011
Table 64 – Historic - Türkiye - mobile operators’ market share by revenue – Q3 2017
Table 65 – Historic - Vodafone Türkiye pre- and post-paid ARPU (TRY/month) – 2006 – 2011
Table 66 – Historic - Vodafone Türkiye smartphone penetration – 2011 – 2015
Table 67 – Historic - Turkcell Türkiye average monthly MOU and mobile churn – 2001 – 2011
Table 68 – Historic - Vodafone Türkiye financial data (GBP million) – 2008 – 2016
Table 69 – Historic - Türk Telekom Group - revenue, profit, EBITDA, and CAPEX (TRY billion) – 2007 – 2011
Table 70 – Historic - mobile operators’ revenue market share by service – Q3 2017
Table 71 – Historic - Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2011
Table 72 – Historic - Change in number of mobile subscribers by platform (million) – 2009 – 2011
Table 73 – Historic - Turkcell Türkiye’s annualised mobile ARPU (TRY/month) – 2009 – 2011
Table 74 – Historic - Change in Türk Telecom broadband ARPU – 2009 – 2011
Table 75 – Historic - Türk Telekom Group - mobile and fixed revenue (TRY billion) – 2009 – 2011
Table 76 – Historic - Change in Türk Telecom’s fixed-line ARPU – 2009 – 2011
Table 77 – Historic - Development of Superonline’s financial data (TRY million) – 2009 – 2011
Table 78 – Historic - Change in the number of public payphones – 2009 – 2011

List of Charts

Chart 7 – Development of telecom revenue and investment – 2012 – 2023
Chart 8 – Change in fixed and mobile voice traffic – 2012 – 2023
Chart 9 – Change in fixed and mobile voice minutes per subscriber (minutes per month) – 2012 – 2023
Chart 10 – Change in the number of fixed number portings – 2012 – 2021
Chart 11 – Change in the number of mobile number portings – 2012 – 2021
Chart 12 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2012 – 2027
Chart 13 – Change in the number of mobile subscribers by platform – 2012 – 2022
Chart 14 – Change in number of prepaid and postpaid subscribers – 2012 – 2023
Chart 15 – Change in the ratio of prepaid to contract subscribers – 2012 – 2023
Chart 16 – Change in the market share of mobile voice traffic by MNO – 2020 – 2022
Chart 17 – Increase in broadband traffic by type (TB) – 2015 – 2023
Chart 18 – Increase in broadband data traffic per subscriber by platform (GB/month) – 2015 – 2023
Chart 19 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscriptions and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 20 – Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscriptions by type – 2012 – 2023
Chart 21 – Increase in the number of M2M connections – 2012 – 2023
Chart 22 – Change in the share of mobile subscribers by operator – 2012 – 2023
Chart 23 – Change in the number of Turkcell’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2023
Chart 24 – Turkcell Türkiye’s annualised mobile ARPU – 2012 – 2023
Chart 25 – Development of Vodafone Türkiye’s financial data – 2016 – 2024
Chart 26 – Change in the number of Vodafone Türkiye’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2023
Chart 27 – Development of Vodafone Türkiye’s mobile ARPU – 2012 – 2023
Chart 28 – Increase in Vodafone Türkiye’s mobile data traffic – 2018 – 2023
Chart 29 – Development of Türk Telekom’s mobile ARPU – 2012 – 2023
Chart 30 – Change in the number of Türk Telekom’s mobile subscribers by type – 2012 – 2023
Chart 31 – Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 32 – Change in the share of fixed broadband subscribers by platform – 2017 – 2023
Chart 33 – Change in the share of fixed broadband connections by data rate – 2018 – 2022
Chart 34 – Change in Türk Telecom broadband ARPU – 2012 – 2023
Chart 35 – Change in Turkcell's fibre broadband ARPU – 2016 – 2023
Chart 36 – Growth in the number of cable broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2023
Chart 37 – Change in the number of Turkcell’s cable and DSL broadband subscribers – 2013 – 2023
Chart 38 – Growth in the number of DSL subscriptions – 2012 – 2023
Chart 39 – Growth in the number of fibre broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2023
Chart 40 – Increase in the number of Superonline’s fibre broadband subscribers (million) – 2013 – 2023
Chart 41 – Increase in the number of Türk Telecom’s broadband subscribers – 2014 – 2023
Chart 42 – Increase in the number of Türk Telecom’s fibre broadband subscribers by type – 2014 – 2023
Chart 43 – Development of Türk Telekom Group’s financial data – 2012 – 2023
Chart 44 – Change in Türk Telekom Group’s mobile, fixed-voice, and broadband revenue – 2012 – 2023
Chart 45 – Change in Türk Telecom’s fixed-line ARPU – 2012 – 2023
Chart 46 – Change in the number of Türk Telecom’s fixed lines by type – 2011 – 2023
Chart 47 – Development of Superonline’s financial data – 2012 – 2020
Chart 48 – Development of Turkcell Group’s financial data – 2012 – 2023
Chart 49 – Increase in Turkcell's fixed-line ARPU – 2013 – 2023
Chart 50 – Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
Chart 51 – Change in the number of fixed lines by capacity – 2012 – 2022
Chart 52 – Increase in international internet bandwidth – 2012 – 2020
Chart 53 – Increase in national fibre cable length (km) – 2012 – 2022

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 5 – Mobile operators’ spectrum holdings by band

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Turkey Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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Türkiye anticipates 5G spectrum allocation later in 2024

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report include:

Key statistics

Country overview

Telecommunications market

Regulatory environment

Mobile market

Fixed broadband market

Fixed network operators

Telecommunications infrastructure

Appendix – Historic data

Glossary of abbreviations

Related reports

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