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Chairman , Deputy Chairman and Board Member Appointments for the Competition Board 7.7.2015
With the Council of Ministers' decision numbered 2015/7867, published in the Official Gazette dated 24.06.2015 and numbered 29396, Prof. Dr. Ömer TORLAK has been appointed as the Chairman of the Competition Board, Arslan NARİN as the Deputy Chairman of the Competition Board, and Kenan TÜRK as Member of the Competition Board....
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Investigation Launched on Ankara Uluslararası Kongre ve Fuar İşletmeciliği Merkezi A.Ş. and GL Events Fuarcılık A.Ş. 7.7.2015
In response to the decsion of the 3rd Administrative Court of Ankara, the Competition Board re-evaluated the complaint which included the claim that A ve A Fuarcılık Organizasyon ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.'s application to organize a furniture expo in 2014 was rejected by GL Events Fuarcılık A.Ş. and Ankara Uluslararası Kongre ve Fuar İşletmeciliği Merkezi A.Ş., which are the operators of the Congresium ATO International Congress and Exposition Center. In the previous preliminary inquiry conducted as a r...
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Investigation Launched on Doğan TV Digital Platform İşletmeciliği A.Ş., Mozaik İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. and Krea İçerik Hizmetleri ve Prodüksiyon A.Ş. 8.6.2015
In response to the decision of the 17th Administrative Court of Ankara, Competition Board re-evaluated the complaint involving the claim that Doğan TV Digital Platform İşletmeciliği A.Ş., Mozaik İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. and Krea İçerik Hizmetleri ve Prodüksiyon A.Ş. abused their dominant positions by refusing Sinema Televizyon Yayıncılık ve Prodüksiyon A.Ş. access to the satellite platform. Previously, the conduct of Doğan TV Digital Platform İşletmeciliği A.Ş., Mozaik İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. ...
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Competition Board member Reşit GÜRPINAR took office as the Acting Chairman of the Competition Board 16.4.2015
Competition Board member Reşit GÜRPINAR took office as of 7.4.2015 as the Acting Chairman of the Competition Board....
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Investigation Concerning Yemek Sepeti Elektronik İletişim Tanıtım Pazarlama Gıda San. ve Tic. A.Ş. Initiated 14.4.2015
The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted about the claims that Yemek Sepeti Elektronik İletişim Tanıtım Pazarlama Gıda San. ve Tic. A.Ş. prevents its customers from working with its competitors; thus violated the previous decisions of the Competition Board and excludes its competitors.After discussing the information, documents and findings acquired in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 18.03.2015, the Board considered that the findings were significant and suffic...
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Investigation Concerning Nuh Çimento Sanayi A.Ş. and Nuh Beton A.Ş. Initiated 14.4.2015
As a result of the decision of 13th Chamber of Council of State, the Competition Board reevaluated the application about the complaint that Nuh Çimento A.Ş. was dominant in Anatolian side of Istanbul (including Izmit), applied below-cost cement prices for Nuh Beton A.Ş. and in this way violated the Act no 4054 by means of price squeezing The preliminary inquiry conducted related to the abovementioned claims examined whether the conditions for price squeezing and refusal to supply existed and the...
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Investigation concerning Solgar Vitamin ve Sağlık Ürünleri Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti. Initiated 14.4.2015
The Competition Board reevaluated the application about the claims that Solgar Vitamin ve Sağlık Ürünleri San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. refused to supply goods to Anadolumed Ecza Deposu Tic. A.Ş., abused its dominant position by making discrimination and violated articles 4 and 6 of the Act no 4054 upon the decision of 13th Chamber of Council of State.The preliminary inquiry made previously due to the said complaint examined the practices of Solgar Vitamin ve Sağlık Ürünleri San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. and ...
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Investigation Concerning Five Ready-Mixed Concrete Producers Operating in Sinop Initiated 10.4.2015
The Competition Board took a decision as a result of the preliminary inquiry conducted about the claim that some of the undertakings operating in the area of ready-mixed concrete production in Sinop colluded to fix prices and carried out their activities through the firm they established.After discussing the information, documents and findings acquired in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 26.03.2015, the Board considered that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the dec...
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Investigation concerning Kayseri Chamber of Bakers and Flour Sellers and Turkish Federation of Bread Producers Initiated 30.3.2015
The preliminary inquiry about the claim that Kayseri Chamber of Bakers and Flour Sellers intervened in the sale price of bread determined by the bakeries operating in Kayseri and accordingly forced undertakings to make sales at a certain level of price was concluded by the Competition Board.After discussing the information, documents and findings acquired in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 05.03.2015, the Board considered that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the ...
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2015 Competition Report titled "Screening the Legislation in our Country from Competition Policy Perspective" Published 20.3.2015
This year the theme of the Competition Report, which we have published regularly since 2011, is "Screening the Legislation in our Country from Competition Policy Perspective". The starting point of the report is the fact that legislation compatible with competition rules promote economic growth by ensuring efficient allocation of resources and increasing productivity. The report casts light on the provisions in the effective legislation that might restrict competition.The report is intended to h...
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