In response to the decsion of the 3rd Administrative Court of Ankara, the Competition Board re-evaluated the complaint which included the claim that A ve A Fuarcılık Organizasyon ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.'s application to organize a furniture expo in 2014 was rejected by GL Events Fuarcılık A.Ş. and Ankara Uluslararası Kongre ve Fuar İşletmeciliği Merkezi A.Ş., which are the operators of the Congresium ATO International Congress and Exposition Center.

In the previous preliminary inquiry conducted as a result of the aforementioned complaint, the conduct of the Congresium ATO International Congress and Exposition Center's operators GL Events Fuarcılık A.Ş. and Ankara Uluslararası Kongre ve Fuar İşletmeciliği Merkezi A.Ş. were examined, and with the decision dated 06.11.2013 and numbered 13-62/861-368, it was decided that the complaint should be rejected and an investigation should not be conducted. However, as a result of the suit filed by the complainant, the aforementioned Board decision was annulled with the 3rd Administrative Court of Ankara decision dated 02.02.2015 and numbered 2014/334 E., 2015/155 K.

In light of the points raised in the relevant court decision, the Board discussed the information and documents included in the file in its meeting of 15.06.2015 and took the decision numbered 15-26/293-M to launch an investigation on

- Ankara Uluslararası Kongre ve Fuar İşletmeciliği Merkezi A.Ş., and
- GL Events Fuarcılık A.Ş.
in accordance with article 41 of the Act no 4054, in order to determine whether there was a violation of article 6 of the same Act.

As is known, article 4 of the Act no 4054 prohibits anti-competitive agreements and concerted practices between undertakings, while article 6 prohibits abuses of dominant position. The investigation was initiated to determine whether Article 6 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 under investigation. These declarations, which are made within the framework of informing the public on Competition Board decisions, cannot be interpreted to mean the undertakings or associations of undertakings under investigation have violated the Act no 4054 and that they have faced or will face sanctions under the Act.