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| Competition Authority sent an Opinion to the Presidency of Religious Affairs with respect to its practices regarding Hajj and Umrah | 27.12.2012 | ||
| As a result of an application claiming that the Presidency of Religious Affairs makes advertisements of its own Hajj and Umrah organizations in prayer places and makes discrimination for visa proceedings in favor of travel agencies with which it has agreements and those practices distort competition, an opinion has been prepared. It is emphasized in the opinion that the Presidency of Religious Affairs operates in the market for Hajj and Umrah travels both as a supervisor and as an actor and has ... | |||
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| "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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| 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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