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The hearing for the investigation into twenty three undertakings operating in the motor vehicles market will be held on 12 April 2011			27.12.2012
The hearing for the investigation that is being conducted in accordance with the Competition Board decisions dated 9 September 2009 and 28 January 2010 in order to determine whether the twenty three undertakings, which operate in the motor vehicles market, infringed Article 4 of the Act No. 4054 through the exchange of  target and stock information as well as sales and price strategies, will be held on Tuesday, 12 April 2011, at 10.00, at the headquarters building of the Competition Authority.  ...
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The Symposium on "Micro Reforms for the Economy of Turkey and Competition Policy" on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of the establishment of the Competition Authority, was held on Wednesday, 23 March 20011			27.12.2012
Beginning at 09:30 at Bilkent Hotel, Ankara with the opening remarks of the President of the Competition Authority Prof. Dr. Nurettin KALDIRIMCI, President of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority Hasan KÖKTAŞ, President of the Information Technologies and Communication Authority Dr. Tayfun ACARER, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner YILDIZ, and Minister of Industry and Trade Nihat ERGÜN, followed by the keynote speech of the economist Dr. Rauf GÖNENÇ, Head of Austria Turkey Desk, OE...
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Mergers and Acquisitions notified to the Authority shall be announced to the public			27.12.2012
Article 12 of the Communiqué no 2010/4 states that notified merger and acquisition transactions shall be announced on the website of the Authority and, to this purpose, a list of up-to-date merger and acquisition notifications are added to the lower right section of the homepage (Turkish only). Those who wish to present information, documents or opinion concerning the merger and acquisition transactions included within the list will be able to present information on the relevant transactions via...
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Symposium on "Micro Reforms for the Economy of Turkey and Competition Policy", which will be held on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of the establishment of the Authority will take place on Wednesday, 23rd of March, 2011			27.12.2012
The symposium, which will begin at 09:30 at Bilkent Hotel-Ankara with the “Protocol Speeches”, will include a “Keynote Speech” to be delivered at 10:45, to be followed by two sessions and a panel discussion. The first session of the of the symposium will be on “the Relationships between Industrial Policy and Competition Policy”, the second session will be on “Reforms in Network and Infrastructure Industries” and the symposium will end after the panel discussion on “Infrastructure Problems, Micro...
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Final decision regarding the investigation into 8 undertakings in the banking market to be announced today (8 March 2011) at 15:00			27.12.2012
The investigation carried out by the Competition Board into 8 banks based on the decisions it took on 19.08.2009 and 24.08.2009 has been finalized. The final Board decision regarding the investigation was announced today (8 March 2011) at 15:00. The decision, the grounds of which will be provided later, is provided below:    Disclosure to the Parties in Accordance with Article 49 of the Act No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition, of the Final Board Decision Regarding the Investigation Carried...
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Statement regarding the preliminary inquiry conducted by the Competition Board into private schools			27.12.2012
It was decided during the Competition Board meeting dated 10.12.2010 that a preliminary inquiry shall be conducted in order to determine whether the private schools operating in Turkey infringe the Act No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition through their practices of salary, school fee and personnel policies.  Within the scope of the preliminary inquiry, which was initiated ex-officio, on-the-spot examinations were carried out at certain private schools, and around the same time, the Turkish ...
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The first stage of the work that has been carried out for the last year by the Department No. 3 of the Competition Authority in the retail sector of fast moving consumer goods, has been completed and opened for public comments			27.12.2012
Nevşehir Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi tarafından 25–29 Ekim 2008 tarihlerinde Nevşehir’de düzenlenen “Pazarlamada Yeni Yaklaşımlar” temalı 13. Ulusal Pazarlama Kongresi, son derece yoğun bir programla gerçekleştirilerek sona erdi.   Yurt çapında 58 üniversiteden akademisyenin 100’ün üzerinde bildirisi arasından akademik kurulca seçilen 40 bildirinin sunulduğu ve Rekabet Kurumu’nu temsilen yönetici ve uzmanların da katıldığı kongre etkinliklerinin açılışında bir konuşma yapan...
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President of the Competition Authority, Prof. Dr. Nurettin Kaldırımcı, made a statement regarding the investigation into the banking sector.			27.12.2012
As is known, the final stage has been reached in the investigation that our Board initiated on 19.08.2009 against eight banks. Up to now, many competition investigations have been opened and finalized by the Board into various sectors. A hearing, which is a part of competition investigations, was held yesterday (1 March 2011) upon the request of the banks. The investigation file before us today involves an investigation that has been opened into the banking sector and that contains claims, evid...
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Ten undertakings operating in the cement sector under investigation			27.12.2012
In its meeting of December 16, 2010, Competition Board decided to conduct an investigation concerning Kars Çimento San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Aşkale Çimento Sanayi T.A.Ş., Yurt Çimento San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Limak Çimento San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Elazığ Altınova Çimento Sanayi Tic. A.Ş., Çimko Çimento ve Beton San. Tic. A.Ş., Çimsa Çimento Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş., Adana Çimento Sanayii T.A.Ş., KÇS Kahramanmaraş Çimento Beton San. ve Madencilik İşletmeleri A.Ş. and Mardin Çimento Sanayii ve Ticaret A.Ş. The investigat...
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