The investigation which was launched in accordance with the Competition Board (Board) decisions dated 04.01.2024, numbered 24-01/8-M(1), dated 06.06.2024, numbered 24-25/602-M, and dated 18.10.2024, numbered 24-42/999-M, in order to determine if Abalıoğlu Lezita Gıda Sanayi AŞ (LEZİTA), Akpiliç Tic. Ltd. Şti. (AKPİLİÇ), As Ofis Damızlık Yumurta Yem Gıda San. ve Tic. AŞ (ASPİLİÇ), Banvit Bandırma Vitaminli Yem Sanayi AŞ (BANVİT), Bakpiliç Entegre Tavukçuluk AŞ (BAKPİLİÇ), Beypi Beypazarı Tarımsal Üretim Paz. San. ve Tic. AŞ (BEYPİLİÇ), Ege-Tav Ege Tarım Hayvancılık Yatırım Tic. ve San. AŞ (BOLEZ), Bupiliç Entegre Gıda San. Tic. AŞ (BUPİLİÇ), CP Standart Gıda San. ve Tic. AŞ (CP), Erpiliç Entegre Tavukçuluk Üretim Pazarlama ve Tic. AŞ (ERPİLİÇ), Gedik Tavukçuluk ve Tarım Ürünleri Tic. San. AŞ (GEDİK), Hastavuk Gıda Tarım Hayvancılık Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (HASTAVUK), Keskinoğlu Tavukçuluk ve Damızlık İşl. San. Tic. AŞ (KESKİNOĞLU) and Şenpiliç Gıda Sanayi AŞ (ŞENPİLİÇ) violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition (Act no 4054) is concluded.

While the investigation process was ongoing, BEYPİLİÇ, BOLEZ, KESKİNOĞLU, LEZİTA and ŞENPİLİÇ applied for settlement.

In that context, the Competition Board accepted the settlement texts submitted by BEYPİLİÇ, BOLEZ; KESKİNOĞLU, LEZİTA and ŞENPİLİÇ with the Board decisions dated 21.05.2024, numbered 24-23/529-223; dated 20.12.2024, numbered 24-54/1225-523; dated 03.05.2024, numbered 24-21/488-208; dated 09.05.2024, numbered 24-21/500-211, and dated 21.05.2024, numbered 24-23/529-222, respectively, terminating the investigation with respect to BEYPİLİÇ, BOLEZ, KESKİNOĞLU, LEZİTA and ŞENPİLİÇ. Thus, these five undertakings accepted that they took part in the exchange of competitively sensitive information and violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054. Since the investigation was concluded via the settlement procedure, a 25% discount was applied to the administrative fines, imposing a fine of

• 244,655,573.31 TL on BEYPİLİÇ,
• 41,164,149.12 TL on BOLEZ,
• 107,981,782.50 TL on KESKİNOĞLU,
• 277,866,357.92 TL on LEZİTA, and
• 357,687,454.48 TL on ŞENPİLİÇ.

Therefore, the relevant companies were imposed a total of 1,029,355,317.33 TL in administrative fines.

At the end of the investigation process, the decision no 25-35/837-492 was taken in the Board meeting of 18.09.2025, which found that the other parties of the investigation, namely, AKPİLİÇ, ASPİLİÇ, BAKPİLİÇ, BANVİT, BUPİLİÇ, ERPİLİÇ and GEDİK violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 by exchanging competitively sensitive information and thus should be imposed administrative fines.

Within that context, the Board imposed an administrative fine of

• 28,968,741.06 TL on AKPİLİÇ,
• 118,167,698.22 TL on ASPİLİÇ,
• 104,712,821.98 TL on BAKPİLİÇ,
• 947,305,871.90 TL on BANVİT,
• 129,817,126.85 TL on BUPİLİÇ,
• 817,157,021.41 TL on ERPİLİÇ,
• 419,548,478.85 TL on GEDİK,
• 108,983,792.58 TL on HASTAVUK,

with a total of 2,674,661,552.85 TL imposed in administrative fines.

Thus, a total of 3,704,016,870.18 TL in administrative fines were imposed in the investigation conducted on the undertakings operating in the white meat sector.

On the other hand, it was decided that there were no grounds to impose administrative fines on CP, which was another party under investigation, since no findings were uncovered to suggest that the relevant undertaking violated the Act no 4054.

Moreover, within the framework of the aforementioned Board decision, it was decided to impose behavioral measures under Article 9.1 of the Act no 4054 to ensure that 

• Undertakings operating as producers/suppliers in the white meat market make their updated sale prices (price lists) applicable as soon as these are announced to their buyers, including resellers, and
• Terminate practices of future price lists.