The Competition Board (Board) concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted to determine whether Article 4 of the Act no 4054 was violated by the economic unity composed of Kyocera Bilgitaş Turkey Doküman Çözümleri AŞ and Kyocera Document Solutions Europe Management B.V. (KYOCERA), and by the distributor for KYOCERA, namely Geskopikit Dijital Kopyalama AŞ (GESKOPİKİT), which are active in Türkiye in the field of office equipment, information technologies, document solutions, IT machines and software as well as in the importation, installation, maintenance, repair and sale of components and spare parts thereof, stationary and consumables, computers, faxes, scanners, photocopiers, printers, and blueprint and multi-function devices.

In line with the findings obtained during the on-site inspections conducted within the framework of the preliminary inquiry, in its meeting of 06.11.2025, the Board took the decision no 25-41/991-M to launch an investigation under Article 41 of the Act no 4054 in order to determine if KYCERA and GESKOPİKİT violated Article 4 of the same Act by preventing parallel imports, by restricting the regions and customers to which the resellers could make sales regardless of active/passive sales, and by maintaining resale prices. In addition, the investigation will also examine in detail whether the restrictions in KYOCERA’s dealership agreements involving competition bans and exclusive purchasing obligations are in violation of the Act no 4054.

* 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. These declarations, which are made within the framework of informing the public on Competition Board decisions, cannot be interpreted to mean that the undertakings or associations of undertakings under investigation have violated the Act no 4054 and that they have faced or will face sanctions under the Act.