The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted to determine whether the private schools operating in Istanbul and Ankara at the level of primary and secondary education and the Private Schools Association of Türkiye violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition.

Discussing the information and documents obtained and observations made in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting on 23.11.2022, the Competition Board considered the findings significant and sufficient, and took the decision no 22-52/776-M(1) to initiate an investigation about the following Ankara-based undertakings:

1. ABC Koleji Spor Kulübü Derneği İktisadi İşletmesi,

2. Aydın Yayıncılık ve Eğitim Hizmetleri İnş. Tic. ve San. AŞ,

3. Çözüm Dergisi Yay. Tic. Ltd. Şti.,

4. ESS Eğitim Hizmetleri AŞ,

5. Maya-Gen Eğitim Yayıncılık Bilgisayar İnş. Gıda Turizm Tic. Ltd. Şti.,

6. Özel Arı Eğitim ve Öğretim San. Tic. AŞ,

7. Sınav Basın Yayın Dağıtım Org. San. ve Tic. AŞ,

8. Yükselen Koleji Eğitim AŞ   

*Investigation decisions taken by the Competition Board are announced to the public after the decision is notified to the undertakings or associations of undertakings about which an investigation has been initiated. Those announcements are made within the framework of informing the public about the decisions of the Competition Board and cannot be interpreted to mean that the undertakings or associations of undertakings under investigation violated the Act no 4054, or they are or will be subject to penal sanctions under the Act.