The investigation conducted in accordance with the Competition Board decision dated 15.08.2024 and numbered 24-33/786-M to determine whether some undertakings operating in the Niğde province in the field of elevator maintenance and repair violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition through price fixing and customer allocation has been concluded. 

The settlement texts submitted by all of the parties to the investigation during the ongoing investigation process, based on the interim decision of the Board, was accepted by the Competition Board decision dated 09.01.2025 and numbered 25-01/27-22, and the investigation was concluded for all undertakings with settlements. 

In this framework, all of the undertakings investigated accepted that they engaged in practices aimed at fixing prices and allocating customers in concert with their competitors in the elevator maintenance and repair market, and thus violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition. Since the investigation was concluded via settlement for all undertakings, a 25% discount was applied to the administrative fines and the following fines were imposed: 

1. 225.816,89-TL on Anıl Asansör İnşaat Turizm Ticaret Sanayi Ltd. Şti.,
2. 26.469,60-TL on Bor Asansör - Fatih KİRAZCI and Ferdi ÖZDOĞAN,
3. 2.360,83-TL on Bor Konfor Asansör - Mehmet DOĞRU,
4. 12.790,04-TL on Çağrı Asansör - Yunus SALCAN,
5. 1.866,58-TL on Dmr Asansör - Kürşat DEMİR,
6. 3.794,36-TL on EÇ Asansör - Ergün ÇIBUK,
7. 29.284,90-TL on Kardeşler Avcı Asansör Makine Sanayi ve Ltd. Şti,
8. 22.148,51- TL on Niğde Asansör - Ecevit TAPIK,
9. 18.106,80-TL on Sis-Tek Asansör - Muhammet YENİGÜL,
10. 2.803,69-TL on Strong Asansör - Kadir ARIKAN,
11. 35.344,65-TL on Tyana Asönsör İnşaat - Bülent MERT,
12. 17.661,52- TL on UGR Asansör - Uğur SOYÖZ, 
13. 14.544,35-TL on Upas Asansör - Ethem BEREKE, and 
14. 5.958,42-TL on 51 Asansör - Fuat ARSLAN.

As known, under the settlement procedure introduced into the competition law legislation with the amendment made into Article 43.5 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by the Act no dated 16.06.2020 and numbered 7246, the Board may, on the request of the parties concerned or on its own initiative, launch the settlement procedure and terminate the investigation after taking into consideration the procedural benefits that may arise from a rapid conclusion of the investigation process and the varying opinions concerning the existence or scope of the infringement. Click here for the text of the pronouncement for the decision dated 09.01.2025 and numbered 25-01/27-22.