Turk Telekom and Avea, Turkey's third largest GSM operator owned by Turk Telekom, announced financial figures for the first half at a press conference in Istanbul.

Turk Telekom said consolidated revenues was up 12 percent in the first half of the year over the same period of last year to reach 4.97 billion YTL (4.19 billion USD).

It said operating profit rose to 1.35 billion YTL, up 13 percent. The number of ADSL subscribers also rose 700,000 and reached 5.2 million in the first half of 2008, making an income of 791 million YTL, up 36 percent over the first half of 2007, it said.

Turk Telekom officials also said Avea's income soared 36 percent in the first half to 1.017 billion YTL (856 million USD). The number of Avea subscribers grew 1.1 million to 11 million, it said.

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