In its meeting of 28.06.2025, the Competition Board decided to initiate an examination into the allegations that the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by the economic unity (SPOTIFY) comprised of Spotify Dijital Yayıncılık Hizmetleri AŞ, Spotify Yönetim Destek Hizmetleri AŞ and Spotify AB, which operates in the online music streaming services market.

The examination was launched in order to comprehensively address the allegations that SPOTIFY, which has a large user base and which has become one of the important distribution channels of music content, caused anti-competitive effects in the music industry through the strategies and policies it implemented in Türkiye. 

The examination will evaluate in detail whether SPOTIFY violated the Act no 4054 by engaging in practices that complicate the operations of its rivals in the online music streaming services market and/or affect the distribution of the royalties paid to various parties within the framework of its licensing relationships, and by discriminating between artists and content creators on the platform in various ways, including their visibility on the platform. 

Respectfully submitted for the information of the public.