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The Symposium on "Micro Reforms for the Economy of Turkey and Competition Policy" on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of the establishment of the Competition Authority, was held on Wednesday, 23 March 20011 27.12.2012
Beginning at 09:30 at Bilkent Hotel, Ankara with the opening remarks of the President of the Competition Authority Prof. Dr. Nurettin KALDIRIMCI, President of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority Hasan KÖKTAŞ, President of the Information Technologies and Communication Authority Dr. Tayfun ACARER, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner YILDIZ, and Minister of Industry and Trade Nihat ERGÜN, followed by the keynote speech of the economist Dr. Rauf GÖNENÇ, Head of Austria Turkey Desk, OE...
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Hearing for the investigation conducted within the banking sector concerning 8 banks to be held on March 1, 2011 27.12.2012
In accordance with the Competition Board decision dated 19.08.2009, the hearing for the investigation initiated concerning Akbank T.A.Ş., Denizbank A.Ş., Finans Bank A.Ş., Türkiye Garanti Bankası A.Ş., Türkiye Halk Bankası A.Ş., Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş., Türkiye Vakıflar Bankası T.A.O. and Yapı Kredi Bankası A.Ş. will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2011.               Complainants and third parties who wish to take part in the hearing in accordance with the “Communiqué on Hearing He...
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Investigation concerning the Doğan Group Companies concluded. The decision was announced today 27.12.2012
The investigation initiated by the Competition Board on September 9, 2009 concerning Doğan Yayın Holding A.Ş., Hürriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacılık A.Ş., Doğan Gazetecilik A.Ş., Bağımsız Gazeteciler Yayıncılık A.Ş., Doğan Daily Nevs Gazetecilik ve Matbaacılık A.Ş. was concluded and the decision was announced today (April 5, 2011) at 2:00 p.m. The investigation found that the economic entity, which was comprised of the companies titled Hürriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacılık A.Ş. , Doğan Gazetecilik A...
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Final decision regarding the investigation into 8 undertakings in the banking market to be announced today (8 March 2011) at 15:00 27.12.2012
The investigation carried out by the Competition Board into 8 banks based on the decisions it took on 19.08.2009 and 24.08.2009 has been finalized. The final Board decision regarding the investigation was announced today (8 March 2011) at 15:00. The decision, the grounds of which will be provided later, is provided below:    Disclosure to the Parties in Accordance with Article 49 of the Act No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition, of the Final Board Decision Regarding the Investigation Carried...
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President of the Competition Authority, Prof. Dr. Nurettin Kaldırımcı, made a statement regarding the investigation into the banking sector. 27.12.2012
As is known, the final stage has been reached in the investigation that our Board initiated on 19.08.2009 against eight banks. Up to now, many competition investigations have been opened and finalized by the Board into various sectors. A hearing, which is a part of competition investigations, was held yesterday (1 March 2011) upon the request of the banks. The investigation file before us today involves an investigation that has been opened into the banking sector and that contains claims, evid...
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Ten undertakings operating in the cement sector under investigation 27.12.2012
In its meeting of December 16, 2010, Competition Board decided to conduct an investigation concerning Kars Çimento San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Aşkale Çimento Sanayi T.A.Ş., Yurt Çimento San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Limak Çimento San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Elazığ Altınova Çimento Sanayi Tic. A.Ş., Çimko Çimento ve Beton San. Tic. A.Ş., Çimsa Çimento Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş., Adana Çimento Sanayii T.A.Ş., KÇS Kahramanmaraş Çimento Beton San. ve Madencilik İşletmeleri A.Ş. and Mardin Çimento Sanayii ve Ticaret A.Ş. The investigat...
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