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| Hearing for the Investigation on GOOGLE To Be Held on 25 June, 2024. | 20.5.2024 | ||
| The investigation conducted to determine whether the economic entity comprised of Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, Google International LLC, Google Ireland Limited and Google Reklamcılık ve Pazarlama Ltd. Şti. (GOOGLE) violated Article 6 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by abusing its dominant position in the general search services market through various features it offers on the search engine results page have reached the hearing stage. The hearing on GOOGLE will be held at the Co... | |||
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| Hearing for Canon Eurasia Görüntüleme ve Ofis Sistemleri AŞ To Be Held on 04.06.2024 at 10:30. | 17.5.2024 | ||
| With the Competition Board Decision numbered 23-21/411-M, an investigation was launched on 11.05.2023 about Canon Eurasia Görüntüleme ve Ofis Sistemleri AŞ (CANON), concerning the claim that it violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition. The subject of the investigation involves the claim that CANON fixed resale prices by intervening in the sale prices of sellers or dealers engaged in the resales of the Canon brand products supplied by CANON, which should have been de... | |||
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| TURKISH COMPETITION AUTHORITY WINS AN AWARD! | 17.5.2024 | ||
| One of the winners of 2024 Competition Advocacy Contest, which is organized by the International Competition Network (ICN) and the World Bank every year, is Turkish Competition Authority! Aiming to emphasize the important role of competition agencies, sector regulators and non-governmental organizations in promoting competition and to share their success stories about competition advocacy, the contest covers different themes every year. The Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) participated ... | |||
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| Daily Fines Imposed on Google for Failing to Comply with Obligations | 16.5.2024 | ||
| The Competition Board decision dated 08.04.2021 and numbered 21-20/248-105 ruled that GOOGLE held dominant position in the general search services market, and that GOOGLE violated Article 6 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by obstructing the activities of its rivals by means of favoring its own local search (Local Unit) and accommodation price comparison (GOOGLE Hotel Ads-GHA) services against those of the competitors in terms of positioning and display on the general search r... | |||
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| Investigation about Viking Kağıt ve Selüloz Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ Opened | 15.5.2024 | ||
| The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry concerning Viking Kağıt, which is operating in the production and sale of toilet paper, paper towel, wet towel, wet wipe, cologne, facial tissue and pocket tissue in the cleaning products market. The preliminary inquiry was made about the claims that Viking Kağıt set the resale prices of its buyers and thus violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition (the Act no 4054). After discussing the information and docum... | |||
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| Bağdat Baharat and Deva Baharat Fined nearly 2.8 million TL in the investigation, which was concluded with settlement | 14.5.2024 | ||
| The investigation, which was conducted according to the Competition Board decision dated 04.01.2024 and no 24-01/5-M to determine whether Bağdat Pazarlama Ticaret Limited Şirketi and Deva Baharatları Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by resale price maintenance has been concluded. Since Bağdat Pazarlama Ticaret Limited Şirketi and Deva Baharatları Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi operates within the same econom... | |||
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| Frito Lay Under Investigation. Is Frito Lay Excluding Rivals? | 13.5.2024 | ||
| An investigation has been launched on Frito Lay Gıda San. ve Tic. AŞ to determine if the undertaking violated the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by obstructing the activities of its competitors in the packaged chips sector, preventing the sales of its competitors and excluding its rivals from the market. Frito Lay is active in Türkiye with the Lays, Ruffles, Doritos, Cheetos and Çerezza brands in the packaged chips sector, and with the Rocco brand in the confectionary market. Fr... | |||
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| Investigation Launched on Novozymes A/S and Its Subsidiaries Novozymes Berlin GmbH, Novozymes France S.A.S, Novozymes North America, and Novozymes Enzim Dış Ticaret Ltd. Şti. | 10.5.2024 | ||
| With the Competition Board decision dated 08.02.2024 and numbered 24-07/121-M, it was decided that a preliminary inquiry should be conducted into the allegation that Novozymes Enzim Dış Ticaret Ltd. Şti. (NOVO TÜRKİYE) violated the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition in the industrial enzymes market through practices aimed at obstructing the activities of its competitors as well as through exclusionary practices. Within the framework of the information and documents acquired and the exa... | |||
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| Investigation about İstanbul Saint-Joseph Private French High School, İstanbul Saint Benoît Private French High School, İstanbul Notre-Dame de Sion Private French High School, İstanbul Saint-Michel Private French High School and İstanbul Sainte Pulchérie Private French High School Concluded. | 9.5.2024 | ||
| The Competition Board opened an investigation on 10.11.2022 about the claims that Saint-Joseph Private French High School, Saint Benoît Private French High School, Notre-Dame de Sion Private French High School, Saint-Michel Private French High School and Sainte Pulchérie Private French High School, which are private secondary education institutions operating in İstanbul, fixed school registration fees and the elements that constitute the fee as well as the salaries of Turkish schoolteachers in o... | |||
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| The solution proposals submitted by META for the obligations imposed by the Board decision dated 20.10.2022 were accepted. The amount of periodic fines was finalized as nearly 552 million. | 8.5.2024 | ||
| With the Competition Board decision dated 20.10.2022 and numbered 22-48-706-299, it was decided that META complicated the activities of its competitors operating in personal social networking services and online display advertising markets and created barriers to entry by means of combining the data collected from Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp services and META was imposed 346 million TL administrative fines. In addition, the Board imposed the obligations stating that META should submit whic... | |||
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