With the decision of the Competition Board dated 26.01.2023 and numbered 23-06/72-M, an investigation was opened about Çimsa Çimento Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (ÇİMSA), KÇS Kahramanmaraş Çimento Beton Sanayi ve Madencilik İşletmeleri AŞ (KÇS), MM Tiftik Kardeşler Nakliye İnşaat Emlak Petrol ve Tarım Ürünleri Paz. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti. (TİFTİK), Oyak Çimento Fabrikaları AŞ (OYAK) and Samet Hazır Beton İnşaat Madencilik Lojistik Enerji Ltd. Şti. (TOROS), which are ready mixed concrete manufacturers operating in Adana and Osmaniye provinces, to determine whether they violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition (the Act no 4054). 

Of the undertakings under investigation, OYAK and TİFTİK applied for settlement. According to the Board decision dated 04.01.2024 and numbered 24-01/19-7, it was decided that 61.182.782,44 TL administrative fines shall be imposed and the investigation shall be terminated with respect to OYAK; according to the Board decision dated 18.01.2024 and numbered 24-05/86-36, it was decided that 5.248.175,07 TL administrative fines shall be imposed and the investigation shall be terminated with respect to TİFTİK.

The investigation process is ongoing for ÇİMSA, KÇS and TOROS and the hearing for the investigation which is conducted to determine whether article 4 of the Act no 4054 has been violated by means of region/customer allocation in terms of ÇİMSA and KÇS and by means of price fixing and region/customer allocation in terms of TOROS, will be held on July 17, 2024 at 10.30.