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Letter from Portuguese Competition Authority			27.12.2012
EĞİTİMDE REKABET  Prof. Dr. Erdal Türkkan  eturkkan@rekabet.gov.tr       Eğitim, uzun yıllar bir kamu hizmeti veya kolektif mal olarak görülmüş ve rekabet dışında tutulmuştur. Çünkü eğitimin kamu hizmeti sayılması demek, bu malın tüm yararlanıcılara sıfır fiyatla verilmesi demektir. Sıfır fiyatla mal satılan bir piyasaya özel inisiyatifin ilgisinin çok sınırlı düzeyde kalması doğaldır. Diğer taraftan eğitim,  çeşitli endişelerle mutlaka kamu tarafından yönlendirilmesi, dü...
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"Competition Writings" start to be published...			27.12.2012
The “Competition Diary” section on our website which covered essays penned by Prof. Dr. Erdal Türkkan from 22.09.2008 – 21.06.2010 will be offered with the title of “Competition Essays” on the right side of the website (Turkish version only) starting from June 21, 2011. The section of Competition Essays which will predominantly host the “essays” of the executives and professional staff of the Authority in the beginning, will also become available to the competition community outside the Authorit...
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Field Work Started for the Fast Moving Consumer Goods Retail Sector Study			27.12.2012
The field work announced via the "Fast Moving Consumer Goods Retail Sector Study Preliminary Report," published on the Authority's web page on 30.03.2011, has started. This field work aims to identify the competition problems facing manufacturers/suppliers of fast moving consumer goods, establish what kind of market failures exist at various parts of the supply chain and determine the measures to be taken in order to ensure a fair and efficient competitive environment within the sector.  The f...
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8 Undertakings in the traffic signalization sector under investigation.			27.12.2012
In its meeting of 3.3.2001, Competition Board decided that an investigation should be initiated concerning 3M Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Kisan İnşaat Mühendislik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Kisan Trafik İşaretleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Özgürler Trafik İşaretleri Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti., Ulukar Elektronik Makina İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Günsan Trafik Elektrik ve İnşaat Mühendislik Sanayi Ticaret Ltd. Şti., Satra Trafik Sanayi İnşaat ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti., Makimsan Asfalt Taahhüt İnşaat Sanayi...
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The investigation conducted about Anadolu Elektronik Aletler Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. (Anadolu Eiectronic Instruments Marketing and Trade Inc.) and Samsung Electronics İstanbul Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. (Samsung Electronics İstanbul Marketing and Trade Co. Ltd.) has been completed. The decision was announced today (27.06.2011) at 14.00 hrs...			27.12.2012
The investigation conducted into Anadolu Elektronik Aletler Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Samsung Electronics İstanbul Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. has been completed. The decision was announced on 27.06.2011.  The investigation conducted into Anadolu Elektronik Aletler Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Samsung Electronics İstanbul Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. in accordance with the Competition Board decision dated 17.05.2011 has been completed. The decision of the Board relating to the investigation was announced by Fevzi Ö...
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Hearing of the investigation continued about Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Tic. AŞ. (Efes Marketing and Distribution Trade Inc.) shall be held on 12.07.2011...			27.12.2012
Hearing of the investigation continued in accordance with the decision of the Competition Board dated 01.07.2010 with a view to detecting whether it complied with the decision of the Competition Board dated 22.4.2005 in relation to withdrawing the exemption concerning Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Tic. A.Ş. will be held on Tuesday, 12.07.2011 at 10 a.m. In accordance with the “Communiqué on Hearings Held vis-à-vis the Competition Board”, it is required that complainants and third persons who want to...
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2011 Competition Letter by the President of the Competition Authority Prof.Dr.Nurettin Kaldırımcı			27.12.2012
The third of the competition letters, signed by Prof. Dr. Nurettin Kaldırımcı, has been published. The 2011 Competition Letter essentially focuses on the relationship between competitive power and competitive environment and highlights that the purpose is to improve the competitive power of all of our businesses by complying with the rules of competitive environment or with competition law. The Letter also points out that an undertaking or a sector with high competitive power in domestic market...
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Hearing for the investigation conducted within the banking sector concerning 8 banks to be held on March 1, 2011			27.12.2012
In accordance with the Competition Board decision dated 19.08.2009, the hearing for the investigation initiated concerning Akbank T.A.Ş., Denizbank A.Ş., Finans Bank A.Ş., Türkiye Garanti Bankası A.Ş., Türkiye Halk Bankası A.Ş., Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş., Türkiye Vakıflar Bankası T.A.O. and Yapı Kredi Bankası A.Ş. will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2011.               Complainants and third parties who wish to take part in the hearing in accordance with the “Communiqué on Hearing He...
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Investigation concerning the Doğan Group Companies concluded. The decision was announced today			27.12.2012
The investigation initiated by the Competition Board on September 9, 2009 concerning Doğan Yayın Holding A.Ş., Hürriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacılık A.Ş., Doğan Gazetecilik A.Ş., Bağımsız Gazeteciler Yayıncılık A.Ş., Doğan Daily Nevs Gazetecilik ve Matbaacılık A.Ş. was concluded and the decision was announced today (April 5, 2011) at 2:00 p.m. The investigation found that the economic entity, which was comprised of the companies titled Hürriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacılık A.Ş. , Doğan Gazetecilik A...
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Competition Board decided to initiate an investigation concerning five undertakings in the market for diagnostic products and services			27.12.2012
In its meeting dated January 12, 2011, the Competition Board decided to initiate an investigation concerning Beckman Coulter Biomedikal Ürünler San. Tic. Ltd. Şti., Siemens Healthcare Diagnostik Tic. Ltd. Şti., Roche Diagnostik Sistemleri Ticaret A.Ş., Abbott Laboratuarları İthalat İhracat ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. and Mediset Tıbbi Malzemeler İthalat ve Tic. Ltd. Şti., which are operating in the market for diagnostic products and services, to find whether they have violated the Act No. 4054 through col...
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