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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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Statement Concerning the Cover Bidding Practice in Public Procurements 27.12.2012
A comprehensive preliminary inquiry has been conducted by the Competition Board on the undertakings operating in the laboratory equipment and services area. As a result of the examinations conducted under the preliminary inquiry, it was established that, particularly for procurements of goods and services through direct procurement in the healthcare sector, the practice of cover bidding aimed at ensuring the selection of a certain undertaking has become a part of the procurement procedure. As is...
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Hearing for the investigation conducted about Güneş Ekspres Havacılık A.Ş. and Condor Flugdienst GmbH to be held on October 25, 2011. 27.12.2012
According to the decision of the Competition Board dated 14.09.2011, hearing for the investigation concerning Güneş Ekspres Havacılık A.Ş. (SunExpress) and Condor Flugdienst GmbH (Condor) will be held on Tuesday, October 25, 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 Authority together with a petition including the information and documents wh...
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Symposium on Liberalization, Competition and Competition Law in the Transport Sector 27.12.2012
Liberalization policies applied in the field of transport during recent years throughout the world and in Turkey are very important for the elimination of the barriers that complicate the establishment of competition in this area. Those developments in the sector show that competition will increase and competition law enforcement will gain more and more importance. "Symposium on Liberalization, Competition and Competition Law in the Transport Sector" will be organized upon the cooperation reques...
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An investigation has been commenced about 10 undertakings which run the activity of Bosch dealership in Kayseri... 27.12.2012
The Competition Board, in its meeting dated 09.06.2011, commenced an investigation about Oflazlar Dayanıklı Tüketim Malları Tic. San. Ltd. Şti.1, Başmısırlı Dayanıklı Tüketim Mamülleri2, Tekiş Ticaret3, Çetinkara Dayanıklı Tüketim Malları4, Yakut Dayanıklı Tüketim Malları Yakacak İnşaat Taahhüt ve Turizm San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.5, Ada Dayanıklı Tüketim Malları San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.6, Akkaş Dayanıklı Tüketim Malları Tekstil İnş. Taah. Yakacak Ürünleri ve Gıda Maddeleri Tic. San. Ltd. Şti.7, Özçınar D...
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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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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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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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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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