The investigation, which was conducted to determine whether certain undertakings operating in the production and sale of cement and ready-mixed concrete in Aydın violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition, was completed.

As a result of discussing the file on 30.04.2025, the Competition Board decided that

• Batıbeton Sanayi AŞ (BATIBETON), Öztürk Ticaret (ÖZTÜRK) and Şölen Çimento Yapı İnş. San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti (ŞÖLEN), through price fixing and/or allocation of customers/regions with their competitors in the market for the production and sale of readymixed concrete,
• Çimentaş İzmir Çimento Fabrikası Türk AŞ (ÇİMENTAŞ), through mediating for the implementation of an agreement on allocation of customers between some of the undertakings operating in the production and sale of readymixed concrete in Didim district of Aydın,

violated article 4 of the Act no 4054; consequently, 

• BATIBETON shall be imposed 37.851.666,03 TL
• ÖZTÜRK shall be imposed 28.308,08 TL
• ŞÖLEN shall be imposed 1.216.947,91 TL and
• ÇİMENTAŞ shall be imposed 37.370.945,14 TL

administrative fines,

Nevertheless, since no finding was obtained indicating that Batıçim Batı Anadolu Çimento Sanayii AŞ, Beton-Taş Hazır Beton San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti., Çimbeton Hazırbeton ve Prefabrik Yapı Elemanları San. ve Tic. AŞ, Kabasakal Beton Anonim Şirketi, Serttaş İnşaat Taah. Tur. Maden San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti and Türen Yapı Malzemeleri İnşaat Nak. San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti violated article 4 of the Act no 4054, it was not necessary to impose administrative fines to the said undertakings.

Click here for the text of the pronouncement for the decision dated 30.04.2025 and numbered 25-17/406-187, the reasoned version of which will be notified later and which may be appealed before Ankara Administrative Courts.