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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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| Hearing for the investigation concerning Anadolu Elektronik Aletler Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Samsung Electronics İstanbul Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. to be held on June 21, 2011 | 27.12.2012 | ||
| According to the decision of the Competition Board dated 17.05.2011, hearing for the investigation concerning Anadolu Elektronik Aletler Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Samsung Electronics İstanbul Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.will be held on Tuesday, June 21, 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 includ... | |||
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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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| "Competition Law Compliance Program" has been published. | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The experience gained by the Competition Authority as a result of its activities for 14 years, shows that sometimes undertakings or associations of undertakings are not aware that they have infringed competition rules whose frame is drawn by the Competition Act No. 4054. In fact, if undertakings or associations of undertakings have knowledge about competition infringements beforehand, many problems such as severe administrative sanctions can be prevented. Within this framework, Competition Law C... | |||
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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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| 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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| The investigation conducted about Anadolu Elektronik Aletler Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. (Anadolu Eiectronic Instruments Marketing and Trade Inc.) and Samsung Electronics İstanbul Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. (Samsung Electronics İstanbul Marketing and Trade Co. Ltd.) has been completed. The decision was announced today (27.06.2011) at 14.00 hrs... | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The investigation conducted into Anadolu Elektronik Aletler Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Samsung Electronics İstanbul Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. has been completed. The decision was announced on 27.06.2011. The investigation conducted into Anadolu Elektronik Aletler Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Samsung Electronics İstanbul Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. in accordance with the Competition Board decision dated 17.05.2011 has been completed. The decision of the Board relating to the investigation was announced by Fevzi Ö... | |||
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