As a result of the decision of Ankara 9th Administrative Court, the Competition Board reevaluated the complaint including the claim that Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. violated Article 6 of the Act no 4054 by its pricing activities in "Home Advantage Tariffs" under the scope of fixed line services.

The preliminary inquiry previously made due to the said complaint examined "home advantage tariffs" of TTAŞ and a decision numbered 13-48/692-293 was taken on 21.08.2013 to reject the complaint and not to initiate and investigation. However, as a result of the action brought, Ankara 9th Administrative Court annulled the Board decision in question.

Consequently, discussing the information and documents in the file in its meeting dated 01.10.2014, the Competition Board decided to initiate an investigation concerning Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. according to article 41 of the Act no 4054.

As it is known, article 6 of the Act no 4054 prohibits abuse of dominant position and the investigation was initiated in order to determine whether the Act was violated in this respect.

*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 under investigation. Those announcements, which are made within the framework of informing the public about the decisions of the Competition Board, cannot be interpreted to mean that the undertakings or associations of undertakings about which the investigation is opened have violated the Act no 4054, or they are or will be subject to penal sanctions under the Act.