Education is one of the fundamental areas that shape the future of individuals and societies. Enhancing the quality of the human capital contributes to achieving our country’s development goals as well as increasing international competition power and social welfare. Therefore, establishing a competitive market structure which has qualified and accessible education opportunities is important for effective and efficient use of resources and efficient development of our country’s human capital. In line with this, the establishment of competition in the said market is a critical step for protecting the rights of all sector shareholders, especially students and parents, and ensuring fair, transparent and efficient competition.

In recent years, many complaints have been submitted to the Competition Authority about the increases in the price levels of education, catering, books/stationery, school uniform services and other services provided by the private schools that carry out activities in the area of private school operation. Those complaints focus on especially the determination of the tuition fee as well as the pricing of ancillary products and services such as the provision of school uniform, catering and stationery and accordingly imposing an obligation on parents to purchase the said services from certain places.

In line with the complaints submitted to the Authority, the Competition Board decided to make a preliminary inquiry and within the scope of the said preliminary inquiry, the allegations that there are high increases in school registration fees; excessive prices are applied to catering, books/stationery, school uniform and similar ancillary services; the provision of certain ancillary services are tied actually to the education service and instructions are given to purchase those services through specific sales channels were examined. 

Within the framework of the evidence obtained as a result of the preliminary inquiry, in the meeting of the Competition Board dated 29.01.2026, the decision numbered 26-03/73-M was taken to initiate an investigation about the following undertakings

1. Arı İnovasyon ve Bilim Eğitim Hizmetleri AŞ,
2. Ata Bilge Eğitim Kurumları AŞ,
3. Aydın Yayıncılık ve Eğitim Hizmetleri İnş. Tic. ve San. AŞ,
4. Bahçeşehir Okulları AŞ,
5. Bikafen Eğitim ve Danışmanlık Hizmetleri Ltd. Şti.,
6. Bil Eğitim Kurumları AŞ,
7. Bilnet Eğitim Kurumları AŞ,
8. Dersmatik Eğitim Danışmanlık Yayıncılık AŞ,
9. Doruk Kamp İşletmecilik Organizasyon Eğitim Danışmanlık Turizm İnşaat Ticaret Ltd. Şti.,
10. Final Eğitim Danışmanlık Tanıtım Organizasyon Yayın San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.,
11. İstanbul Kavram Eğitim Kurumları Ticaret AŞ,
12. İstanbul Kule Eğitim Kurumları Ticaret Ltd. Şti.,
13. Maya-Gen Eğitim Yayıncılık Bilgisayar İnş. Gıda Turizm Tic. Ltd. Şti.,
14. Okyanus Eğitim Kurumları AŞ,
15. Sınav Basın Yayın Dağıtım Org. San. ve Tic. AŞ,
16. TED Ankara Koleji Vakfı Okulları İktisadi İşletmesi,
17. Tek Çözüm Eğitim Öğretim Basım Yayın Emlak İnşaat Turizm Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti.,
18. Uğur Okulları AŞ,
19. Yüzyüze Özel Eğitim Kurumları AŞ

in order to determine whether they violated article 4 of the Act No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition.

All developments regarding the subject can be followed on the official website and social media accounts of the Authority.

Respectfully announced to the public.