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| Field Work Started for the Fast Moving Consumer Goods Retail Sector Study | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The field work announced via the "Fast Moving Consumer Goods Retail Sector Study Preliminary Report," published on the Authority's web page on 30.03.2011, has started. This field work aims to identify the competition problems facing manufacturers/suppliers of fast moving consumer goods, establish what kind of market failures exist at various parts of the supply chain and determine the measures to be taken in order to ensure a fair and efficient competitive environment within the sector. The f... | |||
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| "Competition Writings" start to be published... | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The “Competition Diary” section on our website which covered essays penned by Prof. Dr. Erdal Türkkan from 22.09.2008 – 21.06.2010 will be offered with the title of “Competition Essays” on the right side of the website (Turkish version only) starting from June 21, 2011. The section of Competition Essays which will predominantly host the “essays” of the executives and professional staff of the Authority in the beginning, will also become available to the competition community outside the Authorit... | |||
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| Investigation on 23 undertakings in the automotive sector completed. The decision was announced today (April 19, 2011). | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The investigation on 23 undertakings operating in the automotive sector, initiated with the decisions of the Competition Board dated 09.09.2009 and 28.01.2010 was completed today. The decision was announced today (April 19, 2011), at 2:00 p.m., by the Acting Vice-Chairman of the Competition Board H. Erkan Yardımcı. Administrative fines were imposed on 15 of the firms on the grounds that they held meetings concerning their future price strategies, as well as on inventory, target and sales strateg... | |||
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| Hearing for the investigation concerning Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. to be held on May 31, 2011. | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The hearing for the investigation initiated in accordance with the Competition Board decision of 11.11.2009 concerning Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. in order to determine whether it violated the Act no 4054 by its practices aimed at its distributors and dealers will be held on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 10.00 a.m. Complainants and third parties who wish to attend the meeting in accordance with the "Communiqué on Hearings Held before the Competition Board" should apply to the Competition Auth... | |||
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| The symposium, jointly organized by the Turkish Competition Authority and the İstanbul Bilgi University, will be held on June 17, Friday in İstanbul. | 27.12.2012 | ||
| Rekabet Kurumu ve Pamukkale Üniversitesi işbirliği ile düzenlenen “Rekabet Ekonomisi ve Politikası Sempozyumu”nun ilki 14–15 Kasım 2008’de Denizli’de gerçekleştirildi. Geniş bir bilim çevresinin, kamu ve özel sektör temsilcilerinin katılımıyla rekabet iktisadındaki güncel gelişmelerin ele alındığı sempozyumun ilk gününde yarışma tebliğleri ile davetli tebliğler sunuldu. Sempozyumun sabahki oturumunda ilk olarak ABD Federal Ticaret Komisyonu İktisat Bürosu Direktör Yardımcısı Dr. Mark W. FRANKE... | |||
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| Condition for Financial Assistance to Portugal: Strengthen the Competition Policy ! | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The European Union, European Central Bank and IMF (EU/ECB/IMF) introduced the condition of “fostering the competition policy” as part of the financial assistance they will provide to Portugal in its effort to overcome the financial crisis. In the Memorandum of Understanding signed, measures were asked to be taken, that aim to develop the philosophy of fostering and buttressing competition in all sectors of the economy and the legal framework of competition. The measures which also contain change... | |||
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| Invitation for the "Symposium on Liberalization, Competition and Competition Law in the Transport Sector" | 27.12.2012 | ||
| Liberalization policies applied in various countries of the world and in Turkey in the transport area in the recent years point out that competition will increasingly become more intense and that competition law practices will appear on the agenda more frequently in this area in the forthcoming period. The “Symposium on Liberalization, Competition and Competition Law in the Transport Sector” organized to understand this process better and to increase the academic interest and public awareness in... | |||
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| The investigation conducted about Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. (Turkcell Communication Services Inc.) has been completed. The decision was announced today (09.06.2011) at 14.00 hrs... | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The investigation commenced about Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. in accordance with the Competition Board Decision dated 11.11.2009 has been completed. The decision of the Board in relation to the investigation was pronounced by the Competition Authority Vice-President H. Erkan Yardımcı today (09.06.2011) at 2 p.m. As a result of the investigation made with a view to determining whether it infringed the Act No. 4054 by its practices directed at its distributors and dealers; it was resolved th... | |||
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| IXth Annual Symposium On Recent Developments in Competition Law, organized in cooperation by the Erciyes University Faculty of Law and the Turkish Competition Authority, will be held on May 6, 2011 at the Cappadocia Vocational School in the city of Ürgüp Mustafapaşa. | 27.12.2012 | ||
| Click for the symposium program in Turkish. Click for the symposium program in English. Click for the Participation Form. Click for the Cappadocia Vocational School web page. ... | |||
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| Letter from Portuguese Competition Authority | 27.12.2012 | ||
| EĞİTİMDE REKABET Prof. Dr. Erdal Türkkan eturkkan@rekabet.gov.tr Eğitim, uzun yıllar bir kamu hizmeti veya kolektif mal olarak görülmüş ve rekabet dışında tutulmuştur. Çünkü eğitimin kamu hizmeti sayılması demek, bu malın tüm yararlanıcılara sıfır fiyatla verilmesi demektir. Sıfır fiyatla mal satılan bir piyasaya özel inisiyatifin ilgisinin çok sınırlı düzeyde kalması doğaldır. Diğer taraftan eğitim, çeşitli endişelerle mutlaka kamu tarafından yönlendirilmesi, dü... | |||
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