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| 4.7 million TL Administrative Fines per Day Imposed on META (18.03.2024) | 21.3.2024 | ||
| META was found to have complicated the activities of its competitors operating in social networking services and online display advertising markets and created barriers to entry. Certain obligations were imposed on META. In the investigation about Meta Platforms Inc., Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and WhatsApp LLC (META), which was initiated in 2021, it was decided that META abused its dominant position by combining the data collected from Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp services; 3... | |||
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| Interim Measure Decision about META (18.03.2024) | 21.3.2024 | ||
| In the investigation about META, which was initiated in response to the suspicions that META abused its dominant position by means of linking Threads and Instagram, an interim measure has been taken (Interim Measure Decision). It has been concluded that META’s combination of the data of the users who created Threads profiles based on their Instagram accounts without taking consent will lead to irreparable harms. The following observations have been made: As META has been active in the m... | |||
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| The study “The Impact of Digital Transformation on Competition Law” was translated to English. | 14.3.2024 | ||
| The increase in internet use and the pace of technological developments have profoundly affected the business models and operating principles of undertakings all over the world. This transformation has also reshaped consumer preferences in digital markets. Digital markets, with their many features that differ from traditional business models and challenge competition law application, are increasingly coming into the focus of competition authorities and are frequently the subject of scrutiny... | |||
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| Competitive Concerns in Ferrero Investigation Resolved | 14.3.2024 | ||
| “The investigation about Ferrero Fındık İthalat İhracat ve Tic. AŞ has been terminated with the commitments, which were offered by Ferrero and accepted by the Competition Board and which resolve the competitive concerns.” ... | |||
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| Altıparmak Gıda (Balparmak) was imposed 2.47 million TL administrative fines as a result of the violation decision in the investigation concerning honey, a part of which was completed with settlement in June | 7.3.2024 | ||
| The investigation which was conducted into the claim that Altıparmak Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ, which operates in the fast moving consumer goods sector as a honey producer/supplier with Balparmak brand violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by means of exchanging competitively sensitive information was concluded. Having discussed the file on 29.02.2024, the Competition Board took the decision numbered 24-11/193-77 that Altıparmak Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ viol... | |||
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| The Investigation Conducted on D Elektronik Şans Oyunları ve Yayıncılık AŞ (Nesine.com) Concluded. | 7.3.2024 | ||
| The investigation conducted into the allegation that D Elektronik Şans Oyunları ve Yayıncılık AŞ (Nesine.com) violated the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by its agreements with exclusivity provisions has been concluded. As a result of the discussion of the file by the Competition Board on 29.02.2024, it was decided that D Elektronik Şans Oyunları ve Yayıncılık AŞ violated Article 6 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition and thus should be imposed administrative... | |||
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| The Investigation Conducted on Undertakings Operating in the Production of Egg Cartons Concluded via Settlement with the Imposition of Around 55 Million TL in Fines | 6.3.2024 | ||
| The investigation conducted in accordance with the Competition Board decisions dated 13.04.2023, numbered 23-18/322-M and dated 28.09.2023, numbered 23-46/868-M, which concerned the claim that undertakings operating in the field of egg carton production violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 has been concluded. Upon the Board’s approval of the settlement requests submitted by all of the undertakings being investigated, the investigation was terminated with a settlement for all of the inve... | |||
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| Investigation which was conducted about Certain Undertakings Due To Gentlemen's Agreements in the Labor Market Concluded (1.03.2024) | 4.3.2024 | ||
| The investigation which was conducted to determine whether article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition was violated by means of gentlemen’s agreements in the labor market has been concluded. As a result of the investigation, it has been decided that Egem Bilgi İletişim Ticaret AŞ Ericsson Telekomünikasyon AŞ Etiya Bilgi Teknolojileri Yazılım Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ Innova Bilişim Çözümleri AŞ i2i Bilişim Danışmanlık Teknoloji Hiz. ve Paz. Tic. AŞ Netaş Telekomün... | |||
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| Second issue of the Turkish Competition Authority's "Competition Newsletter" is published. | 22.2.2024 | ||
| We are honored to present the second issue of the Competition Authority’s (TCA) quarterly periodical called “Competition Newsletter.” In this winter term, while we welcome 2024, we take a look back to 2023 and we would proudly like to share the overall picture we depicted: In 2023, 58 investigations were concluded in total. For 46 of them, in which violations were detected or the undertakings settled with the TCA, a total of 2.3 billion TL fine was imposed. However, in some markets, guiding h... | |||
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| Investigation about Nestle Türkiye Gıda Sanayi AŞ Concluded | 21.2.2024 | ||
| The investigation, which was conducted into the claims that Nestle Türkiye Gıda Sanayi AŞ violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by means of resale price maintenance and imposing customer and region restrictions to its distributors has been concluded. As a result of the discussion of the file on 15.02.2024, the Competition Board decided that Nestle Türkiye Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition; the... | |||
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