Investigation concerning Obilet Bilişim Sistemleri A.Ş. Initiated (5.7.2022) (7.7.2022)

The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry made in order to determine whether Obilet Bilişim Sistemleri A.Ş. violated article 6 of the Act no 4054 by means of determining  ticket sale commission rates it charges to bus companies for the intermediation services concerning ticket sales excessively and excluding its competitors in the markets for ticketing software service, the sale of bus tickets via platforms and distributing trip data to platforms, and whether it violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 by means of the contracts it signed in the market for the sale of bus tickets via platforms.

The Competition Board discussed the information and documents obtained and observations made during the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 16.06.2022 and concluded that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the decision no 22-27/433-M to initiate an investigation about Obilet Bilişim Sistemleri A.Ş. in order to determine whether it violated articles 4 and 6 of the Act no 4054.

*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.