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| The investigation of the Competition Board about Turkish Airlines was completed. | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The investigation of the Competition Board about Turkish Airlines was completed. As a result of the investigation, the Board decided that a violation by Turkish Airlines by abusing its dominant position via discriminatory practices against Pegasus regarding domestic and international lines from Istanbul could not be detected. Consequently, it was concluded that Turkish Airlines would not be imposed administrative fines; however, an opinion should be sent to the undertakings and institutions conc... | |||
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| The Investigation concerning 7 Undertakings Producing Meat and Meat Products was Concluded. The decision was announced today (24.11.2011). | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The investigation, which was initiated in accordance with the Competition Board decision dated November 5, 2011, on 7 Undertakings Producing Meat and Meat Products was concluded. The investigation decision, which imposed administrative fines on the economic entity comprised of Pınar Entegre Et ve Un San. A.Ş. and Yaşar Birleşik Paz. Dağ. Tur. ve Tic. A.Ş. together with the economic entity comprised of Kayarlar Et San. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Namet Gıda San. ve Tic. AŞ. was announced today (November 24,... | |||
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| Decision on the Amendment to the Guidelines on the Voluntary Notification of Agreements, Concerted Practices and Decisions of Associations of Undertakings | 27.12.2012 | ||
| ARTICLE 1- Paragraph 14 of the "Guidelines on the Voluntary Notification of Agreements, Concerted Practices and Decisions of Associations of Undertakings" adopted with the decision of the Competition Board dated 7/2/2006 and No. 06-09/123-M has been amended as follows. “(14) The Notification Form and attached documents shall be prepared also in electronic form, and shall be forwarded to the Authority headquarters in Ankara by hand or by mail. It is required that all of the pages of the Notific... | |||
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| The investigation on Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Ticaret A.Ş. completed. The decision was announced today (19.07.2011). | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The investigation concerning Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Ticaret A.Ş., conducted in accordance with the Competition Board decision dated 01.07.2010, was completed. The decision was announced on 19.07.2011 (today), at 14:00 by Erkan Yardımcı, Vice-President of the Competition Authority. As a result of the investigation conducted based on the claims that, in order to supply goods to points of sales, Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Ticaret A.Ş. and its distributors demanded the exclusive sales of Efes bran... | |||
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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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| 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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| 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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