Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted in response to the application claiming that Doğan Müzik Kitap Mağazacılık ve Pazarlama A.Ş. abused its dominant position by preventing new entries into the market with the agreements it concluded and complicated the operations of competing undertakings.

The Board, after discussing the information and documents acquired and the observations made during the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 08.06.2017, concluded that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the decision no 17-19/296-M to launch an investigation on

• Doğan Müzik Kitap Mağazacılık ve Pazarlama A.Ş.

in order to determine whether the Act no 4054 was violated.

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.

* 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.