The public offering of Türk Telekom, which was being criticized for the low selling price, received five times more in demands. Domestic investors offered 4.7 times more than the public offering price, while foreign investors offered 4.3 times more. In Türk Telekom's public offering this year of 15% of Telekom's shares a total of $1.9 billion will enter into the treasury. Small investors were also interested in the public offer; therefore, the demands of investors requesting shares for up to 10 thousand YTL were met. The share of domestic investors which used to be 35% has now risen to 40%. Big investors however, were only able to acquire 6% of the shares they requested.