The investigation conducted to determine whether the economic entity comprised of Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, Google International LLC, Google Ireland Limited and Google Reklamcılık ve Pazarlama Ltd. Şti. (GOOGLE) violated Article 6 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by abusing its dominant position in the general search services market through various features it offers on the search engine results page have reached the hearing stage. The hearing on GOOGLE will be held at the Competition Authority Headquarters on June 25, 2024, at 10:30.

The investigation examined the allegations that GOOGLE, which is active in the general search services market, used its power in that market to favor various search features it displayed on the search engine results page, including “videos,” “users also asked,” “translation box,” “sports box” and “weather box,” to the disadvantage of the websites providing the content, as a result of which these websites were shown at a lower rank on the search engine results page and lost traffic.

In accordance with the "Communiqué on Hearings Held before the Competition Board," complainants and third parties who wish to attend the meeting to present their arguments must apply to the Competition Authority with a petition containing the information and documents which establish their interest in the subject matter of the meeting until the end of the business hours on June 14, 2024.  

Those who wish to attend the hearing as audience, on the other hand, can watch the meeting online. To that end, the participation form must be completed in accordance with the guidance on the website of the Competition Authority half an hour before the time of the hearing at the latest.