The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry concerning the claims that the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies violated article 4 of the Act no. 4054 by means of its decisions and practices related to allocating hajj quotas and determining the security for agencies making hajj and umrah organizations.

After discussing the information and documents acquired and observations made during the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 27.06.2019, the Competition Board concluded that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the decision no. 19-23/360-M to initiate an investigation into whether the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies violated article 4 of the Act no. 4054.
 

*Investigation decisions taken by the Competition Board are announced to the public following the notification of the decision 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 about which an investigation has been initiated have violated the Act no. 4054, or they are or will be subject to penal sanctions under the Act.