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| The Turkish Competition Authority's publication "The Guidelines on Competition Infringements in Labor Markets" has been selected for the 2025 Antitrust Writing Awards, organized by Concurrences, for the best Soft Laws & Studies in the subcategory "Europe". | 21.1.2025 | ||
| The Turkish Competition Authority’s publication “The Guidelines on Competition Infringements in Labor Markets” has been selected for the 2025 Antitrust Writing Awards, organized by Concurrences, for the best Soft Laws & Studies in the subcategory “Europe”. You can vote using the link below: https://awards.concurrences.com/en/awards/2025/soft-laws-studies/the-guidelines-on-competition-infringements-in-labor-markets?var_mode=calcul Voting will be open until 21st of March. ... | |||
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| Hearing for the Investigation concerning Krea İçerik Hizmetleri ve Prodüksiyon AŞ to be Held on February 18, 2025 | 21.1.2025 | ||
| The investigation which was conducted to determine whether Krea İçerik Hizmetleri ve Prodüksiyon AŞ violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 has reached the hearing stage. The said hearing will be held on February 18, 2025 at 10:30. In accordance with the "Communiqué on Hearings Held before the Competition Board", complainants and third parties who want to attend the meeting to make a statement should apply to the Competition Authority together with a petition including the information and docum... | |||
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| Bilateral Cooperation Protocol between the Turkish Competition Authority and Anti-Monopoly Agency of Mongolia was Signed | 17.1.2025 | ||
| Within the scope of the visit of the President of Mongolia Mr. Ukhnaa KHURELSUKH to Türkiye upon the invitation of the President Mr. Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN on Thursday, January 16, 2025, Bilateral Cooperation Protocol between the Turkish Competition Authority and the Anti-Monopoly Agency of Mongolia was also signed. The protocol on cooperation in the field of competition policy between the Presidency of the Competition Authority of the Republic of Türkiye and Anti-Monopoly Agency of Mongolia was s... | |||
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| Hearing for the Investigation on Mackolik İnternet Hizmetleri Ticaret AŞ to be Held on 11 February, 2025. | 15.1.2025 | ||
| The investigation conducted to determine if Mackolik İnternet Hizmetleri Ticaret AŞ violated the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition has reached the hearing stage. The hearing concerned will be held on February 11, 2025, at 10.30 am. Complainants and third parties who wish to attend the meeting in accordance with the "Communiqué on Hearings Held before the Competition Board" to make a statement should apply to the Competition Authority with a petition containing the information and d... | |||
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| The acquisition of sole control over Kartek Holding AŞ (KARTEK) by Param Holdings International Coöperatief U. A. (PARAM) has been authorized, subject to the commitments submitted by PARAM. | 10.1.2025 | ||
| Within the framework of the transaction, infrastructure provision (issuer processing/acquirer processing) market related to the payment services market was analyzed in detail. The file concluded that the relevant product market can include the markets for providing infrastructure to cards, POS and ATMs if a broad definition is chosen; on the other hand, in case of a narrower definition, it can be composed of the services for card issuance data, card storage, POS terminal setup and integration i... | |||
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| Decision taken to open an investigation about Koroplast Temizlik ve Ambalaj Ürünleri San. ve Dış Tic. AŞ, Provel San. ve Tic. AŞ and VND Global Plastik AŞ | 9.1.2025 | ||
| The preliminary inquiry, which was conducted according to the decision of the Competition Board dated 27.06.2024 and numbered 24-27/655-M to determine whether undertakings which produce/supply non-chemical cleaning products, food storage products, trash bags and bakery consumables violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by means of exchanging competitively sensitive information, was concluded. The Competition Board considered the information and documents obtai... | |||
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| 2024 Mergers and Acquisitions Overview Report Published | 8.1.2025 | ||
| The Turkish Competition Authority’s 2024 Mergers and Acquisitions Overview Report has been published. The report, based on data related to the merger, acquisition and privatization decisions taken by the Competition Board, includes the following main observations: The Competition Authority examined a total of 311 merger, acquisition and privatization transactions in 2024. With the exception of privatizations, in 131 of these transactions the target company was based in Türkiye. The... | |||
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| Investigation about Casting Agencies Association as well as Casting Agencies and Managers Initiated | 8.1.2025 | ||
| The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted about the claim that Casting Agencies Association as well as casting agencies and managers violated the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition. In its meeting on 12.12.2024, the Competition Board considered the information and documents obtained and observations made in the preliminary inquiry significant and sufficient and took the decision numbered 24-53/1175-M to initiate an investigation about Castin... | |||
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| Hearing for the Investigation on Frito Lay Gıda San. ve Tic. AŞ to Be Held on February 04, 2025 | 6.1.2025 | ||
| The investigation conducted to determine whether Frito Lay Gıda San. ve Tic. AŞ violated the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by obstructing the activities of its competitors in retail outlets has reached the hearing stage. The hearing concerned will be held on February 04, 2025, at 10.30 am. Complainants and third parties who wish to attend the meeting in accordance with the "Communiqué on Hearings Held before the Competition Board" to make a statement should apply to the Competi... | |||
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| Investigation about Pure Organic Gıda AŞ Initiated | 3.1.2025 | ||
| The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted about the claim that Pure Organic Gıda AŞ violated article 4 of Act no 4054 on the Protection of competition by means of determining its buyers’ resale prices. Having discussed the information and documents acquired and observations made in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting on 20.12.2024, the Competition Board considered the findings significant and sufficient, and took the decision numbered 24-54/1190-M that an inves... | |||
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