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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>We would like to announce that we as TURKTRUST suspend our SSL business including DV, OV and EV certificates due to our continuing root recognition problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>This is primarily due to the end of our well recognized previous certificate hierarchy’s lifecycle. Starting with October 2016, we will not be able to issue any new SSL certificates from this specific hierarchy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Our next generation certificate hierarchies including new DV, OV and EV roots have continuing validity until 2023; however, the complete root recognition for these new roots could not have been achieved since 2013 despite our substantial efforts. These new roots have already been recognized for a long time now by Microsoft, Mozilla, Google and all other platforms except Apple desktop and mobile root stores.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Although our application for root inclusion for these new roots dates back to mid-2014, we have not received any satisfying feedback from Apple representatives about the status of our application except for a few automated acknowledgement messages.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>After this two-year-long dedicated endeavor with Apple’s root recognition program, we are now stuck with this unfortunate situation of suspending our SSL business. This may even end up with abandoning our SSL services altogether if we cannot find a way to move on. We have a corporate plan of supporting our live SSL certificates in domestic and international markets until the end of their validity periods. Thus, we will continue our ETSI certification via our planned audits and continue our compliance with CA/Browser Forum BRs and EV Guidelines till then.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>We most particularly wanted to share this situation with all the members of CA/Browser Forum in order to bring this to the agenda once more for the sake of finding a constructive solution for all other CAs around the world having similar problems with Apple root recognition program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=TR style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Volkan NERGİZ </span></b><span lang=TR> </span><b><span lang=TR style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=TR style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Quality Management System Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=TR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=131 height=20 id="Resim_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D21968.9C0E4600" alt="TURKTRUST Yeni Logo - 2012"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=TR>TURKTRUST Information Security Services Inc.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=TR style='font-size:10.0pt'>Address: </span></b><span lang=TR style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hollanda Caddesi 696. Sokak No: 7 Yıldız, Çankaya 06550 – ANKARA </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=TR style='font-size:10.0pt'>Phone: </span></b><span lang=TR style='font-size:10.0pt'>+90312 439 10 00 - <b>Ext:</b> 226 <b>Fax: </b>+90312 439 10 01</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=TR style='font-size:10.0pt'>E-Mail: </span></b><span lang=TR><a href="mailto:volkan.nergiz@turktrust.com.tr"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0563C1'>volkan.nergiz@turktrust.com.tr</span></a></span><span lang=TR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=TR style='font-size:10.0pt'>Web: </span></b><span lang=TR><a href="http://www.turktrust.com.tr/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0563C1'>www.turktrust.com.tr</span></a></span><span lang=TR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>