With the decision dated 27.02.2025 and numbered 25-08/184-M(1), depending on the finding that raised the suspicion that Apple Teknoloji ve Satış Limited Şirketi might have determined the resale prices of Apple products and/or coordinate the trade in prices to be applied by the undertakings operating in the trade in market, the Board decided to initiate an investigation according to article 41 of the Act no 4054 about Apple Teknoloji ve Satış Limited Şirketi, Destek Bilişim Proje ve Servis Hizmetleri Sanayi Dış Ticaret Anonim Şirketi, Easycep Bilişim ve Ticaret AŞ, Getmobil Teknoloji AŞ and HB Bilişim Teknolojileri Sanayi ve Tic. AŞ to determine whether the said undertakings violated article 4 of the Act no 4054.

In the same Board meeting, depending on the findings that raised the suspicion that undertakings operating in the trade in market and resellers of APPLE might have restricted competition by means of competitively sensitive data they provided to Fintegre system under APPLE’s coordination and depending on the findings related to other providers who might have transferred data to Fintegre system, it was decided to initiate a preliminary inquiry to determine whether Apple Teknoloji ve Satış Limited Şirketi, various providers, Fintegre Teknoloji Tic. AŞ, Artı Bilgisayar Satış ve Eğitim Hizmetleri İnşaat Makine Sanayi AŞ, Gürgençler Bilişim İletişim İç ve Dış Ticaret AŞ, Media Markt Turkey Ticaret Ltd. Şti., Teknosa İç ve Dış Ticaret AŞ and Vatan Bilgisayar San. ve Tic. AŞ violated article 4 of the Act no 4054.

Having discussed the information and documents obtained and observations made in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting on 10.04.2025, the Competition Board considered that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the decision numbered 25-14/312-M that an investigation shall be opened about Apple Teknoloji ve Satış Limited Şirketi, Fintegre Teknoloji Tic. AŞ, Media Markt Turkey Ticaret Ltd. Şti., Teknosa İç ve Dış Ticaret AŞ, Artı Bilgisayar Satış ve Eğitim Hizmetleri İnşaat Makine Sanayi AŞ, Gürgençler Bilişim İletişim İç ve Dış Ticaret AŞ, Easycep Bilişim ve Ticaret AŞ, and HB Bilişim Teknolojileri Sanayi ve Tic. AŞ and the investigation initiated shall be conducted together with the investigation dated 27.02.2025.

*Investigation decisions taken by the Competition Board are announced to the public following the notification of the decision to the undertakings or associations of undertakings under investigation. Those announcements are made within the framework of informing the public about the decisions of the Competition Board and cannot be interpreted to mean that the undertakings or associations of undertakings under investigation violated the Act no 4054, or they are or will be subject to penal sanctions under the Act.