Events
| Participation in Annual ICN Conference Organized in New Delhi- India | Date: 2.4.2018 |
| 20th Annual ICN Conference was held in New Delhi, the capital city of India, between 20 and 23 March 2018. Annual conferences are hosted by a different competition authority each year. On behalf of the Competition Authority, Board Members Adem BİRCAN and Mehmet Ayan, Coordinator Osman Tan ÇATALCALI, Chief Competition Expert Remzi Özge ARITÜRK and Assistant Competition Expert Mehmet Yavuz GÜNER participated in the meeting. Osman Tan ÇATALCALI attended as a speaker to the meeting on Agency and Organizational Design for Effective Enforcement and Mehmet Yavuz GÜNER attended as a speaker to the meeting on “Implementation in ICN”. Detailed information about the conference is available on http://www.icn2018delhi.in. |
| Seminar on Competition Law Enforcement and the Activities of the Competition Authority - Istanbul Altınbaş University | Date:29.3.2018 |
| “Competition 4.0” Seminar was held with the cooperation of the Competition Authority and Altınbaş University on 28 March 2018 at Altınbaş University. President Prof. Ömer TORLAK and Assistant Competition Expert Mesut MORGÜL participated in the seminar, which was organized with the contributions of Altınbaş University Faculty of Management. Following the opening speeches by Prof. A. Ercan GEGEZ, the Dean of Faculty of Management and Prof. Çağrı ERHAN, President of Altınbaş University; President of the Competition Authority Prof. Ömer TORLAK and Prof. Cengiz Yılmaz, faculty member of METU Faculty of Management gave addresses as keynote speakers in the first session of the seminar. In his speech, Prof. Ömer TORLAK gave information about the structure of market economy, digital transformation process, digital platforms, bid data and algorithms as well as enforcement activities by the Competition Authority. Second session, moderated by the Vice-President of Altınbaş University, Prof. Emre ALKIN was devoted to a panel on “Digital Transformation and New Competition”. The speakers of the panel were Dr. Bader ASLAN, Secretary General of Turkish Exporters Assembly, Haluk LEVENT, the Dean of Altınbaş University Faculty of Applied Sciences, Özgür TORT, CEO of Migros and on behalf of the Competition Authority Assistant Competition Expert, Mesut MORGÜL. At the end of the seminar, which hosted the chairman and members of the Board of Visitors of Altınbaş University as well as many academics and students, a plaque was granted. |
| Workshop for External Shareholders concerning the Preparation of the Strategic Plan of 2019-2023 | Date:23.3.2018 |
| Within the framework of the preparation and development of Competition Authority’s strategic plan pertaining to the period 2019-2023, a workshop for external shareholders was organized in Bilkent Hotel on March 21. The representatives of public institutions, consultancy firms, undertakings and associations of undertakings, consumer associations and the media attended the workshop which served as a platform to receive opinions and recommendations from the participants. |
| Seminar on Competition Law Enforcement and the Activities of the Competition Authority - Çankaya University | Date:21.3.2018 |
| Within the framework of the promotion of the Competition Authority and competition law, President Prof. Ömer TORLAK and Competition Expert İbrahim Hilmi KOÇAK attended the seminar organized with the contribution of Çankaya University International Trade Club in Çankaya University on 20 March 2018. In the opening speech of the Seminar, Prof. TORLAK touched upon the structure of the market economy, new facts in the digitalized economy, platform economies, network effects, bilateral/multilateral markets as well as the role and importance of the Competition Authority in establishing competition in such markets. After the opening speech, İbrahim Hilmi KOÇAK gave information about the general provisions of the Act no. 4054, the activities of the Competition Authority and competition expertise as a profession. At the end of the seminar, which hosted academics and students from the university, a plaque was granted. |
| Participation in Eurasian Antitrust Forum | Date: 6.3.2018 |
| On behalf of the Competition Authority, Board Members Şükran KODALAK and Mehmet AYAN and Competition Experts Ebru İNCE and Mücteba ALTUN participated in the fifth Eurasian Antitrust Forum organized by the cooperation of the Committee on Regulation of Natural Monopolies and Protection of Competition and Consumer Rights under the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan Center of Development and Protection of Competition Policy and Kazakhstan Association of Competition and Goods Markets Development. Eurasian Antitrust Forum held between 27-28 February 2018, included sessions on “Judicial Practice of Trial about Antitrust Violations”, “Cartel Agreements and Collusive Bids” and “Dominant Position in the Market and Definition of Market Power” as well as parallel sessions on “Preventive measures of Antitrust Violations”, “Training seminar for Employees of Antitrust Authorities” and “Seminar for Judges”. Competition Expert Ebru İNCE made a presentation on “Competition Law Enforcement in Turkey: Institutional Structure, File Procedure and Judicial Review” during the session on “Judicial Practice of Trial about Antitrust Violations”. |
| Participation in the Conference for the 60th Anniversary of Bundeskartellamt | Date: 26.2.2018 |
| President of the Competition Authority Prof. Ömer TORLAK, Head of the Department Ali ARIÖZ and Assistant Competition Expert Ömer Volkan YAZAR participated in the Conference held on 22.02.2018 in the former plenary hall of the German Bundestag (Bonn) on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of German Competition Act and Bundeskartellamt. Prof. TORLAK made contacts with the presidents of foreign competition agencies within the scope of the Conference. |
| Participation in OECD Workshops | Date: 15.02.2018 |
| On behalf of the Competition Authority, Assistant Competition Experts Ahmet ŞAHİN, Hatice CESUR, Cansu TOPAK KORKMAZ and Arın Özge HİMMETOĞLU participated in “Workshop on Cartel Screening in the Digital Era” and “Workshop on Regulation and Competition in light of Digitalization” organized by OECD on 30-31 January 2018. Workshop on Cartel Screening in the Digital Era included a discussion on the latest developments in cartel screening techniques proposed by the economic literature and presentations on cartel screens implemented/developed by the United Kingdom, Brazil and Switzerland. During the Workshop on Regulation and Competition in light of Digitalization, participants discussed the effects of regulations or lack of regulations on competition in the process of digitalization in sharing economy and platforms, healthcare sector and financial services. Within this framework presentations were made related to the practices in the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Canada, Korea and Norway. |
| Turkey-South Korea Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group Visits the Competition Authority | Date: 29.1.2018 |
| South Korea Head of Turkey-South Korea Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group Mr. AN Min Suk and Friendship Group Member Mr. KIM Jong Dae, South Korea Ambassador Mr. CHOI Hong-ghi and their accompanying delegation visited Mr. Prof. Ömer TORLAK, the President of the Competition Authority. Turkey Head of Turkey-South Korea Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group and Member of the Parliament for Kocaeli Mr. Zeki AYGÜN and Group Member and Member of the Parliament for Adana Mr. Mevlüt KARAKAYA also accompanied South Korea delegation. Stating that the friendly relationship between Turkey and South Korea is strong, President TORLAK expressed his pleasure for the visit and gave information about the activities of the Competition Authority. Mr. AN Min Suk, Head of the Delegation, expressed his pleasure for the friendship between two countries and extended his thanks to President TORLAK. |
| Panel for the Assessment of Big Data, Protection of Private Information and Information Exchange in the Insurance Sector from the Regulation and Competition Law Perspective | Place: Istanbul – Raffles | Date: 22.11.2017 |
| The Panel titled “Assessment of Big Data, Protection of Private Information and Information Exchange in the Insurance Sector from the Regulation and Competition Law Perspective” shall be organized on November 22, 2017, Wednesday, at the İstanbul Raffles Hotel, with the participation of the Competition Authority, Undersecretariat of Treasury, Authority for the Protection of Private Data, Insurance Association of Turkey, as well as the sectoral stakeholders and senior managers |
| Competition Summit Organized on the Occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Turkish Competition Authority | Place: Istanbul – Shangri-La Bosphorus İstanbul Hotel | Date: 31.10.2017 |
| Turkish Competition Authority shall hold a Competition Summit between October 31 - November 3, 2017 at the Shangri-La Bosphorus Istanbul Hotel in order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish Competition Authority, with the participation of national competition authorities, representatives from the leading competition organizations of the world and stakeholders |
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