Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS, Turkey's leading cell phone operator, late Thursday posted better-than expected results in the third quarter, mainly due to stronger operating profitability and better-than-expected earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, or EBITDA.

Turkcell said its net profit in the third quarter was 570.8 million Turkish lira ($317.5

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