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| Investigation Conducted on Herbalife International Ürünleri Ticaret Ltd. Şti. concluded. | 25.7.2025 | ||
| The investigation launched on HERBALIFE with the Competition Board (Board) decision dated 15.08.2024 and numbered 24- 33/781-M has been concluded. Accordingly, the Board took the decision dated 09.05.2025 and numbered 25-18/420-196 to accept the commitments application by HERBALIFE and terminate the ongoing investigation with respect to the practices of internet sales restrictions and advertisement restrictions, as well as the decision dated 26.06.20254 and numbered 25-23/577-373, ruling that HE... | |||
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| Investigation Launched on MASTERCARD and VISA. | 18.7.2025 | ||
| In its meeting of 26.06.2025, the Competition Board took the decision numbered 25-23/552-M to launch an investigation on the economic entity comprised of Mastercard Europe SA and Mastercard Europe SA İstanbul Liason Office, which are ultimately controlled by Mastercard Incorporated, and the economic entity comprised of Visa Europe Limited, Visa Europe Services LLC and Visa Europe Services LLC Türkiye Representative Office, which are ultimately controlled by Visa Inc, in order to de... | |||
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| Investigation Launched on some undertakings operating in the cosmetics, personal care and food supplement sectors. | 16.7.2025 | ||
| As a result of the preliminary inquiry conducted into the allegations that the economic unity comprised of Cosmox Kozmetik San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. ile Vitaceel Kozmetik Gıda İth. İhr. San. ve Tic. AŞ, The Ceel Kozmetik İç ve Dış Ticaret AŞ and Ceel Kozmetik ve Gıda AŞ violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition, the evidence gathered was found to be significant and sufficient, and the decisions no 25-22/523-M(1) and 25-22/523-M(2) were taken in the Competition Board mee... | |||
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| Participants of the "Turkic World Competition Law Summer School and Workshop," organized in cooperation by the Competition Authority and Bahçeşehir University Competition Law Research and Application Center, paid a visit to the Competition Authority. (14.07.2025) | 16.7.2025 | ||
| Participants of the “Turkic World Competition Law Summer School and Workshop,” organized in cooperation by the Competition Authority and Bahçeşehir University Competition Law Research and Application Center, paid a visit to the Competition Authority. (14.07.2025) The “Turkic World Competition Law Summer School and Workshop” was organized in Istanbul between July 7–17, 2025, hosted by Bahçeşehir University, in cooperation with the Competition Authority and the Bahçeşehir University Competition... | |||
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| Daily Administrative Fines Imposed on the Economic Unity Comprised of Alphabet Inc., Google Ireland Limited, Google LLC, Google International LLC and Google Reklamcılık ve Pazarlama Ltd. Şti. (Google) for Acting in Violation of the Obligations. | 10.7.2025 | ||
| The Competition Board (Board) decision dated 08.04.2021 and numbered 21-20/248-105 had found that Google held dominant position in the general search services market, and that Google favored its own local search (Local Unit ) and accommodation price comparison (Google Hotel Ads - GHA) services on the results page in terms of positioning and display against its competitors’ and denied rival local search websites entry into the Local Unit, thereby violating Article 6 of the Act no 4054 on the Prot... | |||
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| Investigation about OPET Concluded | 9.7.2025 | ||
| The investigation conducted per Competition Board Decision dated 20.02.2025 and numbered 25-07/158-M in order to determine whether Opet Petrolcülük AŞ (OPET) violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by means of vertical agreements it made with its dealers has been concluded with settlement. While the investigation process, which is related to the allegation that the term of the lease right granted in favor of OPET for the land on which dealer operations were carr... | |||
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| Investigation Launched on the economic unity comprised of Avixa İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ and Avigem İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti | 8.7.2025 | ||
| An investigation has been launched on the economic unity comprised of Avixa İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ and Avigem İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti concerning the allegations that it violated Article 6 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition in the market for double action nasal sprays by preventing competitors’ entry into the market and by failing to supply to the market one of the two nasal sprays which it distributes under the joint marketing agreement, thereby causing public harm. ... | |||
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| Examination Initiated on SPOTIFY, Operating in the Online Music Streaming Services Market | 4.7.2025 | ||
| In its meeting of 28.06.2025, the Competition Board decided to initiate an examination into the allegations that the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by the economic unity (SPOTIFY) comprised of Spotify Dijital Yayıncılık Hizmetleri AŞ, Spotify Yönetim Destek Hizmetleri AŞ and Spotify AB, which operates in the online music streaming services market. The examination was launched in order to comprehensively address the allegations that SPOTIFY, which has a large user base and which ... | |||
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| Investigation about certain undertakings operating in the agricultural pesticide market initiated | 2.7.2025 | ||
| As a result of the preliminary inquiry conducted upon the claim that undertakings operating in the agricultural pesticide market exchanged competitively sensitive information concerning the agricultural pesticide market; undertakings and associations of undertakings operating in agricultural pesticide and/or seed market conducted anticompetitive practices such as exchanging competitively sensitive information and no-poach agreements concerning the labor market, with the Competition Board decisio... | |||
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| Investigation conducted on undertakings and associations of undertakings operating in the market for construction chemicals in Türkiye has been concluded. | 30.6.2025 | ||
| The investigation, which was conducted to determine whether undertakings and associations of undertakings operating in the market for construction chemicals in Türkiye violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition, has been concluded. As a result of the discussion of the file by the Competition Board on 22.05.2025, it was decided that Article 4 of the Act no 4054 was violated by Mapei Yapı Kimyasalları İnşaat San. ve Tic. AŞ, by fixing sale prices of resell... | |||
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