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Investigation about Mey İçki San. ve Tic. A.Ş. Initiated			2.7.2019
Upon the decision of the 13th Chamber of the Council of State, the Competition Board reevaluated the claims that Mey İçki San. ve Tic. A.Ş. complicated its competitors’ activities, pressured the sales points to ensure that competing products were not sold and its contracts with on premise sales points included exclusivity provisions. The preliminary inquiry made previously due to the said complaint examined the practices in question. Consequently, the decision numbered 11-57/1476-532 was take...
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Hearing for the investigation concerning 6 undertakings active in preparing chemotherapy drugs to be held on August 7, 2019			27.6.2019
Investigation whether İnvotek Sağlık Teknolojileri Tic. Ltd. Şti., Korulu Grup Sağlık Hizmet İnşaat Taahhüt Makina Temizlik San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti., Meditera İthalat ve İhracat A.Ş., Oncosem Onkolojik Sistemler San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.,  Onkofar Sağlık Ürünleri San. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Santek Sağlık Turz. Teks. San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. violated article 4 of the Act no. 4054 by means of bid rigging in the tenders for preparing chemotherapy drugs reached the hearing stage.  The hearing will be held on Aug...
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Investigation about Maysan Mando Otomotiv Parçaları San. ve Tic. A.Ş. Concluded			25.6.2019
The Competition Board decision dated 18.02.2016 and numbered 16-05/107-48 taken about the claim that Maysan Mando Otomotiv Parçaları San. ve Tic. A.Ş.  refused to supply goods to the complainant, acted together with the complainants’ competitors and tried to exclude the complainant from the market was annulled by Ankara 15th Administrative Court’s decision dated 25.10.2017 and numbered E: 2016/3742, K: 2017/2794. As a result, the file was reevaluated. The investigation whether the said undertaki...
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Investigation Concerning Istanbul Customs Brokers’ Association Concluded			25.6.2019
Investigation whether Istanbul Customs Brokers’ Association violated article 4 of the Act no. 4054 was concluded. As a result of the discussion of the contents of the file on 20.06.2019, the Competition Board decided that Istanbul Customs Brokers’ Association violated article 4 of the Act no. 4054 by means of taking a decision of association of undertakings, which includes a ban on making offers to competitors’ customers and making advertisements, and determines sales conditions; thus the sai...
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The Hearing for the Investigation concerning Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) Chamber of Electric Engineers to be held on July 11, 2019			30.5.2019
The investigation conducted in response to the claim that Konya Representative Office of TMMOB Chamber of Electric Engineers violated article 4 of the Act no. 4054 by means of a commission decision reached the hearing stage. The hearing will be held on July 11, 2019 at 2:00 pm.  In accordance with the "Communiqué on Hearings Held before the Competition Board", complainants and third parties who wish to attend the meeting should apply to the Competition Authority together with a petition inclu...
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President Torlak Speaks at Wednesday Seminar at Personal Data Protection Authority			29.5.2019
* There is a strong relationship between competition law and the protection of personal data. * Economies are moving towards physical places to virtual environment. Competition authorities take measures at macro levels for protecting consumers. * Big data brings big power. In this framework there are serious issues concerning competition law. President of the Competition Authority Prof. Dr. Ömer Torlak delivered a speech on “Digital Economy, Big Data and Competition” at traditional “Wed...
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President Torlak Meets with Industrialists and Gives a Speech about Digital Economy and Competition			29.5.2019
* The transformation from traditional markets to digital market is fast. * The digital economy has a new competition world. Each of our digital footprints should be evaluated well. * Do digital cartels distort competition? We are analyzing those. We are making studies to increase our businesses’ market power. * We made a contribution of 16.5 billion TL to consumer welfare with our decisions in the past five years. President of the Competition Authority Prof. Dr. Ömer Torlak visited A...
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Hearing for the Investigation concerning V.O.S.S. Varinak Onkoloji Sistemleri Satış ve Servis A.Ş. to be Held on July 10, 2019			23.5.2019
The investigation conducted in response to the claim that V.O.S.S. Varinak Onkoloji Sistemleri Satış ve Servis A.Ş., which is the sole authorized distributor of Varian Medical Systems Inc., abused its dominant position in the market for repair and maintenance services of Varian brand linear accelerators and ancillary equipment reached the hearing stage. The hearing will be held on July 10, 2019 at 10:30 AM. In accordance with the "Communiqué on Hearings Held before the Competition Board", com...
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Hearing for the Investigation concerning Koninklijke Philips N.V. and Türk Philips A.Ş. to be Held on July 11, 2019			23.5.2019
The investigation conducted in response to the claim that Koninklijke Philips N.V.  did not comply with its commitment to the relevant standard setting organization that it will license its essential patents related to subtitle technology on FRAND terms and violated the Act no. 4054 reached the  hearing stage. The hearing will be held on July 11, 2019 at 10:30 AM. In accordance with the "Communiqué on Hearings Held before the Competition Board", complainants and third parties who wish to atte...
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Investigation concerning Tirsan Kardan Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Tiryakiler Yedek Parça Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. Concluded			23.5.2019
The investigation about the claim that the economic entity consisted of Tirsan Kardan Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Tiryakiler Yedek Parça Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. abused its dominant position by preventing its competitors from entering to the market was concluded. As a result of the discussion of the contents of the file on May 23, 2019, the Competition Board decided that Tirsan Kardan Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Tiryakiler Yedek Parça Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. did not violate article 6 of the Act no...
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