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| Daily Administrative Fines Imposed on the Economic Unity Comprised of Alphabet Inc., Google Ireland Limited, Google LLC, Google International LLC and Google Reklamcılık ve Pazarlama Ltd. Şti. (Google) for Acting in Violation of the Obligations. | 10.7.2025 | ||
| The Competition Board (Board) decision dated 08.04.2021 and numbered 21-20/248-105 had found that Google held dominant position in the general search services market, and that Google favored its own local search (Local Unit ) and accommodation price comparison (Google Hotel Ads - GHA) services on the results page in terms of positioning and display against its competitors’ and denied rival local search websites entry into the Local Unit, thereby violating Article 6 of the Act no 4054 on the Prot... | |||
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| Investigation about OPET Concluded | 9.7.2025 | ||
| The investigation conducted per Competition Board Decision dated 20.02.2025 and numbered 25-07/158-M in order to determine whether Opet Petrolcülük AŞ (OPET) violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by means of vertical agreements it made with its dealers has been concluded with settlement. While the investigation process, which is related to the allegation that the term of the lease right granted in favor of OPET for the land on which dealer operations were carr... | |||
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| Investigation Launched on the economic unity comprised of Avixa İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ and Avigem İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti | 8.7.2025 | ||
| An investigation has been launched on the economic unity comprised of Avixa İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ and Avigem İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti concerning the allegations that it violated Article 6 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition in the market for double action nasal sprays by preventing competitors’ entry into the market and by failing to supply to the market one of the two nasal sprays which it distributes under the joint marketing agreement, thereby causing public harm. ... | |||
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| Examination Initiated on SPOTIFY, Operating in the Online Music Streaming Services Market | 4.7.2025 | ||
| In its meeting of 28.06.2025, the Competition Board decided to initiate an examination into the allegations that the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by the economic unity (SPOTIFY) comprised of Spotify Dijital Yayıncılık Hizmetleri AŞ, Spotify Yönetim Destek Hizmetleri AŞ and Spotify AB, which operates in the online music streaming services market. The examination was launched in order to comprehensively address the allegations that SPOTIFY, which has a large user base and which ... | |||
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| Investigation about certain undertakings operating in the agricultural pesticide market initiated | 2.7.2025 | ||
| As a result of the preliminary inquiry conducted upon the claim that undertakings operating in the agricultural pesticide market exchanged competitively sensitive information concerning the agricultural pesticide market; undertakings and associations of undertakings operating in agricultural pesticide and/or seed market conducted anticompetitive practices such as exchanging competitively sensitive information and no-poach agreements concerning the labor market, with the Competition Board decisio... | |||
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| Investigation conducted on undertakings and associations of undertakings operating in the market for construction chemicals in Türkiye has been concluded. | 30.6.2025 | ||
| The investigation, which was conducted to determine whether undertakings and associations of undertakings operating in the market for construction chemicals in Türkiye violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition, has been concluded. As a result of the discussion of the file by the Competition Board on 22.05.2025, it was decided that Article 4 of the Act no 4054 was violated by Mapei Yapı Kimyasalları İnşaat San. ve Tic. AŞ, by fixing sale prices of resell... | |||
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| Decision on the Acquisition of the shares of Tekfen Holding AŞ by the Can Group economic unity | 26.6.2025 | ||
| The Competition Board (Board) ruled that the transaction involving the establishment of effective control over Tekfen Holding AŞ (TEKFEN) through the direct and indirect acquisition of TEKFEN shares by the Can Group economic unity, which is comprised of Can Kültür Sanat Eğitim Kurumları İşletmeciliği AŞ, MCN Gayrimenkul AŞ, KCN AŞ and Doğa Okulları İşletmeciliği AŞ and currently is a shareholder in TEKFEN, is subject to authorization. The Board also decided to impose an administrative fine o... | |||
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| Investigation about Kariyer.Net Elektronik Yayıncılık ve İletişim Hizmetleri AŞ Initiated | 24.6.2025 | ||
| The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted about the claims about Kariyer.Net Elektronik Yayıncılık ve İletişim Hizmetleri AŞ that it violated article 6 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by means of data combination over the platform www.isinolsun.com, which operates under the same economic unity, pricing behavior and significant ad expenditures. Having discussed the information and documents acquired and observations made in the preliminary inquiry in... | |||
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| The investigation conducted on Fakir Elektrikli Ev Aletleri Dış Ticaret AŞ concluded through the settlement and commitments procedures. | 23.6.2025 | ||
| The investigation launched with the Competition Board (Board) decision dated 20.02.2025 and 25-07/177-M(2) in order to determine if Fakir Elektrikli Ev Aletleri Dış Ticaret AŞ’nin (FAKİR) violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition (Act no 4054) by intervening in the sale prices of resellers and restricting online sales as well as by facilitating the indirect exchange of information between Teknosa İç ve Dış Tic. AŞ, Vatan Bilgisayar San. ve Tic. AŞ and Media Markt Tur... | |||
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| A decision to open an investigation on the Economic Unity Composed of Alphabet Inc., Google Ireland Limited, Google LLC, Google International LLC and Google Reklamcılık ve Pazarlama Ltd. Şti (GOOGLE) taken | 20.6.2025 | ||
| An investigation has been opened about GOOGLE in order to determine whether GOOGLE violated the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition (the Act no 4054) according to article 41 of the same Act. The subject of the investigation is the claims that GOOGLE violated article 6 of the Act no 4054 by transferring its power in online search advertising services to other online advertising services via Performance Max (PMAX) campaign, which is a type of campaign in Google Ads, by engaging in expl... | |||
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