On April 1, 2022, we lowered our unsolicited local currency rating on Turkey and revised our transfer and convertibility (T&C) assessment down to 'B+' from 'BB-'. Our rating on Turkcell is capped by our transfer and convertibility (T&C) assessment on Turkey. Our T&C assessment reflects our view of the likelihood that Turkey would restrict Turkish companies' access to foreign exchange liquidity. Turkcell generates the overwhelming majority of its cash flows in Turkey. As a result, we lowered our long-term issuer credit rating on Turkcell to 'B+' from 'BB-'. The outlook remains negative, mirroring our negative outlook on Turkey. Our rating action follows our revision to Turkey's T&C assessment on April 1, 2022 (see "Turkey Long-Term LC Rating Lowered To 'B+'