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| The First Competition Board Decision to Terminate the Preliminary Inquiry Process with Commitments (1.11.2021) | 8.11.2021 | ||
| While the preliminary inquiry of the Competition Board conducted pursuant to article 40 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of the Competition concerning Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları AŞ and its subsidiary Şişecam Çevre Sistemleri AŞ was ongoing, the undertakings made an application to initiate the commitment process regarding the competitive concerns in the file. As a result of the commitment negotiations made upon the application, the said parties submitted a comprehensive commitment packag... | |||
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| The investigation conducted about supermarket chains dealing with retail trade of food and cleaning products, their suppliers at producer and wholesaler level and an association was concluded. | 2.11.2021 | ||
| The investigation conducted about the pricing behavior of supermarket chains dealing with retail trade of food and cleaning products and of their suppliers at producer and wholesaler level during COVID-19 outbreak was concluded. As a result of the discussion of the file on 28.10.2021 by the Competition Board, it was decided that 1) 1. BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş., 2. CarrefourSA Carrefour Sabancı Ticaret Merkezi A.Ş., 3. Migros Ticaret A.Ş., 4. Savola Gıda San. ve... | |||
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| The Board Decision concerning the Investigation about the economic entity consisted of Google Reklamcılık ve Pazarlama Ltd. Şti., Google International LLC, Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited ve Alphabet Inc. (Google) | 1.11.2021 | ||
| As a result of the discussion of the contents of the file on 12.11.2020, the Competition Board decided that Google violated articles 6 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by means of the positioning text ads at the top of general search results at high densities and in a way that their advertisement nature is unclear and thus complicating the activities of organic results, which does not generate income, in content services market; thus the said undertaking shall be imposed admin... | |||
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| Investigation initiated about Sahibinden Bilgi Teknolojileri Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. (19.10.2021) | 22.10.2021 | ||
| Having discussed the information and documents acquired and observations made in an ongoing preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 30.09.2021, the Competition Board concluded that the findings were significant and sufficient and decided ex officio (with the decision no 21-44/655-M) that an investigation would be initiated about Sahibinden Bilgi Teknolojileri Pazarlama ve Ticaret AŞ to determine whether article 6 of the Act no 4054 was violated by means of preventing data transport and other ways ... | |||
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| Investigation concerning DSM Grup Danışmanlık İletişim ve Satış Ticaret AŞ and other undertakings within the same economic unity initiated (11.10.2021) | 12.10.2021 | ||
| The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted upon the claim that DSM Grup Danışmanlık İletişim ve Satış Ticaret AŞ (Trendyol) violated the Act no 4054 by means of its practices in the market for online marketplace. After discussing the information and documents acquired and observations made in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 23.09.2021, the Competition Board concluded that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the decision no 21-44/650-M to in... | |||
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| Investigation concerning Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. Concluded (1.10.2021) | 7.10.2021 | ||
| The investigation conducted in response to the claims that Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. (Türk Telekom) is dominant in the market for wholesale fixed broadband internet access services and violated article 6 of the Act no 4054 by preventing, without reasonable and justifiable reasons, its competitors in the market for retail fixed broadband services from providing services and obtaining subscribers was concluded. As a result of the discussion of the file on 30.09.2021 by the Competition Board, ... | |||
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| Investigation about 16 Undertakings Operating in the Wholesale of Lemon Concluded (1.10.2021) | 7.10.2021 | ||
| The investigation conducted in order to examine the price increases in the wholesale of lemon, in line with the news appeared in the media and reflected in the public opinion was concluded. As a result of the discussion of the file on 30.09.2021 by the Competition Board, it was decided that since there are not any information, documents or findings showing that Ahmet DOĞAN, Akbaşlar Tarım Ürünleri Gıda Nak. San. İç ve Dış Tic. Ltd. Şti., Balcı Tar. Ürn. Seb. Mey. Kom. İnş. Emlk. ve Taşm. Tic... | |||
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| Announcement regarding the commitments submitted by Coca Cola Satış ve Dağıtım A.Ş. to the Competition Authority (8.9.2021) | 30.9.2021 | ||
| As it is known, an investigation was launched upon the allegations that Coca Cola Satış ve Dağıtım A.Ş. (CCSD), which operates in many product categories in the non-alcoholic commercial beverages market, prevented the sale of competing products at its final points of sale and violated the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition. An application was made for the initiation of the commitment process with respect to competitive concerns in the file by CCSD, pursuant to the “Communique no 202... | |||
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| Investigation concerning Arçelik Pazarlama A.Ş., BSH Ev Aletleri San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Gürses Kurumsal Tedarik ve Elektronik Tic. Paz. A.Ş., LG Electronics Tic. A.Ş., Samsung Electronics İstanbul Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. and SVS Dayanıklı Tük. Mall. Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. Initiated (27.9.2021) | 28.9.2021 | ||
| The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted with respect to the claim that Arçelik Pazarlama A.Ş., BSH Ev Aletleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Samsung Electronics İstanbul Pazarlama ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti. and LG Electronics Ticaret A.Ş. and their distributors violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by means of imposing a ban on internet sales to and/or determining the resale prices of authorized sellers. After discussing the information and docum... | |||
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| Investigation concerning Türk Philips Ticaret A.Ş. Concluded (1.9.2021) | 10.9.2021 | ||
| The investigation conducted in response to the claim that Türk Philips Ticaret A.Ş. violated the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by means of not providing the password and activation necessary for the repair and maintenance of the medical imaging devices to the applicant was concluded. As a result of the discussion of the file on 26.08.2021 by the Competition Board, it was decided that Türk Philips Ticaret A.Ş. did not abuse its dominant position within the framework of article ... | |||
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