The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry made in response to the claim that Sahibinden Bilgi Teknolojileri Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. abuses its dominant position in the market for online automobile ads.

After discussing the information, documents and findings acquired in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 27.09.2017, the Board concluded that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the decision no 17-30/488-M to initiate an investigation about Sahibinden Bilgi Teknolojileri Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. to determine whether the said undertaking violated article 6 of the Act no 4054 by means of its practices in the market for online automobile ads and to combine this investigation with the investigation initiated about the same undertaking before according to the Board decision dated 04.05.2017 and numbered 17-15/175-M.
 

*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 under investigation have violated the Act no 4054, or they are or will be subject to penal sanctions under the Act.