Our Company's Board of Directors evaluated the report on the independent members of the Board of Directors prepared by the Corporate Governance Committee in accordance with the clause 4.3.7 of the Corporate Governance Principles annexed to the Corporate Governance Communiqué of the Capital Markets Board (II-17.1), and the current independent management board member Mr. Mehmet Mete Basol and Mr. It was decided to re-appoint Ömer Bakır as an independent member of the board of directors, and an application was made to the Capital Markets Board to get an opinion on the list of independent member candidates. By SPK, Mr. Mehmet Mete Basol and Mr. Our Company has been informed that it has been decided not to express any negative opinion about the aforementioned independent member candidates, taking into account the independence declarations and CVs of Ömer Bakır that they meet the conditions set forth in Article 4.3.6 of the Corporate Governance Principles. 

In the first ordinary general assembly meeting to be held within this scope, Mr. Mehmet Mete Basol and Mr. Ömer Bakır will be submitted to the approval of the general assembly as candidates for independent members of the board of directors.

This statement was translated into English for informational purposes. In case of a discrepancy between the Turkish and the English versions of this disclosure statement, the Turkish version shall prevail.