The investigation conducted to determine whether the Association of Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB) violated the act no. 4054 within the framework of the following claims that: It requires that the agencies organizing hajj and umrah journeys should buy the compulsory package tour insurance policy from an undertaking which is TÜRSAB’s subsidiary; TÜRSAB makes discrimination by not taking the amount of money collected under the name of service charge from some of the agencies; requires the agencies to buy transport services as well as catering services in Saudi Arabia from undertakings it designated.

As a result of the discussion of the contents of the file on 17.10.2018, the Competition Board decided that TÜRSAB violated article 4 of the Act no. 4054; therefore the association of undertakings concerned would be imposed administrative fines as per article 16 of the same Act. On the other hand, TÜRSAB Seyahat Acentaları Hizmetleri Tic. Ltd. Şti., Turser-Tursav Servis Sigorta Acenteliği Ltd. Şti. ve Gulf Sigorta A.Ş.did not violate article 4 of the Act no. 4054; thus it was not necessary to impose administrative fines on the said undertakings according to article 16 of the same Act.  

Click here for the text of the pronouncement dated 17.10.2018 and numbered 18-39/631-306, the reasoned decision for which will be notified later and which can be appealed before Ankara Administrative Courts.