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| Announcement of the Date of the Hearing about the Tractor File | 11.6.2024 | ||
| The investigation concerning 10 undertakings operating in manufacturing and marketing tractors has reached the hearing stage. With the decision of the Competition Board dated 05.01.2023, an investigation was opened about AGCO Tarım Makineleri Ticaret Ltd. Şti., Argo Tractors Turkey Traktör San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti., Başak Satış Pazarlama ve Yatırım AŞ, Erkunt Traktör Sanayii AŞ, Hattat Traktör Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ, IPSO Tarım AŞ, Kubota Turkey Makine Ticaret Ltd. Şti., Same Deutz Fahr Traktör S... | |||
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| The periodic fine imposed on Google in the Local Search Services Investigation has been terminated. Google has been imposed a total of 482 million TL in fines for the period in which it failed to implement the proposed measures with respect to hotel inquiries. | 10.6.2024 | ||
| In the Competition Board dated 08.04.2021 and numbered 21-20/248-105, it was found that GOOGLE held dominant position in the general search services market, and that GOOGLE violated Article 6 of the Act no 4054 since it obstructed the operations of its rivals by favoring its own local search (Local Unit) and accommodation price comparison (GOOGLE Hotel Ads-GHA) services in the general search results page in terms of positioning and display and preventing competing local search websites from ente... | |||
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| INVESTIGATION ON APPLE | 6.6.2024 | ||
| The Competition Authority is currently conducting the Mobile Ecosystems Sector Inquiry concerning smart mobile devices and their software, with an aim to understand the structure and operation of the relevant sector and to determine the structural and/or behavioral competition issues in the sector. The agreements Apple signed with app developers and its App Review Guidelines were examined within the framework of the Sector Inquiry in question, which raised certain questions on whether Apple impo... | |||
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| The investigation, which was conducted about CHI Kozmetik İthalat İhracat Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (CHI Kozmetik) upon the claim that it violated article 4 of Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition (the Act no 4054) by means of resale price maintenance, has been concluded. | 5.6.2024 | ||
| The findings obtained under the scope of the investigation show that CHI Kozmetik closely monitors the prices of especially the resellers which make sales through e-commerce channel. CHI Kozmetik clearly intervenes with the resellers who sell products at prices lower than the determined list prices. In case resellers which sell products through e-commerce platforms do not comply with the list prices, sanction mechanisms such as closing an outlet or withdrawing outlet authorization ar... | |||
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| The interview by Concurrences with the President of the Turkish Competition Authority Birol KÜLE has been published in the second issue of the Concurrences Review, which is the journal of the online publisher. | 23.5.2024 | ||
| In the interview published in Concurrences, the President of the Turkish Competition Authority Birol KÜLE stated that during his first four-year term, the TCA has taken important steps in terms of promoting fair market practices and enhancing consumer welfare in Türkiye, closely followed the dynamics brought by digital transformation in order to adapt to the global economic landscape, which has been changing with digital transformation, and finalized the reports on the proposed amendments to the... | |||
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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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