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Investigation Initiated about Red Bull Gıda Dağıtım ve Pazarlama Tic. Ltd. Şti. 9.8.2018
The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted in response to the claim that Red Bull Gıda Dağıtım ve Pazarlama Tic. Ltd. Şti. violated the Act no. 4054 by means of de facto exclusivity and resale price maintenance. After discussing the information and documents acquired and observations made in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 18.07.2018, the Board concluded that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the decision no 18-20/402-M  to initiate an inv...
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Investigation initiated about Eight Undertakings Operating in Traffic Signalization Market 3.8.2018
The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry initiated in response to the claim that undertakings operating in traffic signalization sector engaged in bid rigging. After discussing the information, documents and findings acquired in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 18.07.2018, the Board concluded that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the decision no 18-23/395-M to initiate an investigation about the following undertakings in order to determine whether...
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Investigation Initiated about Google Reklamcılık ve Pazarlama Ltd. Şti., Google International LLC, Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited 3.8.2018
The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted in response to the claim that Google abused its dominant position in the global search engine market and complicated its competitors’ activities in the online shopping services market. After discussing the information, documents and findings acquired in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 18.07.2018, the Board concluded that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the decision no 18-23/396-M to initiate an ...
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Hearing for the Investigation concerning Türk Henkel Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. to be Held on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 3.8.2018
The investigation conducted in response to the claim that Türk Henkel Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. violated the Act no. 4054 by means of resale price maintenance reached the hearing stage.  The hearing will be held on 12 September 2018, 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 including the information and docume...
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The Hearing Concerning the Investigation about ADM Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş., Aydem Elektrik Perakende Satış A.Ş., Bereket Enerji Grubu A.Ş., GDZ Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş., Gediz Elektrik Perakende Satış A.Ş. and Gediz Enerji Yatırımları A.Ş. to be held on 18 September 2018 3.8.2018
The investigation about the claim that ADM Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş., Aydem Elektrik Perakende Satış A.Ş., Bereket Enerji Grubu A.Ş., GDZ Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş., Gediz Elektrik Perakende Satış A.Ş. and Gediz Enerji Yatırımları A.Ş. complicated independent providers’ activities and prevented consumers from choosing their providers and thus violated the Act no. 4054 reached the hearing stage. The hearing will be held on 18 September 2018, at 2:00 pm. In accordance with the "Communiqué on Hearings He...
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Hearing for the Investigation concerning Sahibinden Bilgi Teknolojileri Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş.to be Held on September 17, 2018 3.8.2018
The investigation conducted in response to the claim that Sahibinden Bilgi Teknolojileri Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. abused its dominant position in the market for online platform services for renting/selling vehicles and real estate by means of excessive pricing reached the hearing stage. The hearing will be held on 17 September 2018, at 3:00 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...
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Three undertakings added to the Investigation about 32 Undertakings operating in the Market for Mail-Freight Transportation 30.7.2018
The Competition Board took the decisions no. 8-05/77-M, 18-09/161-M and 18-09/162-M to initiate an investigation about the following undertakings to find whether certain undertakings operating in the market for mail/freight transportation violated article 4 of the Act no. 4054 by means of customer allocation: Airexpress Kargo Lojistik Dış Ticaret Ltd. Şti.,   Aras Kargo Yurtiçi Yurtdışı Taşımacılık A.Ş., Asilkar Lojistik Dağ. Hiz. İç ve Dış Tic. Ltd. Şti., MNG Kargo Yurtiçi ve Yurtdı...
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Hearing for the Investigation concerning Google LLC, Google International LLC and Google Reklamcılık ve Pazarlama Ltd. Şti. to be Held on August 28, 2018 19.7.2018
The investigation concerning the claims that GOOGLE’s (the economic entity composed of Google LLC, Google International LLC and Google Reklamcılık ve Pazarlama Ltd. Şti.) conduct related to the mobile operating system and the provision of mobile applications and services as well as the agreements between GOOGLE and original equipment producers violated articles 4 and 6 of the Act no. 4054 reached the hearing stage.  The hearing will be held on August 28, 2018, at 10:30. In accordance with the...
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Investigation concerning Novartis Sağlık Gıda ve Tarım Ürünleri San. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Alcon Laboratuvarları Ticaret A.Ş. Initiated 19.7.2018
The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted in response to the claims that Novartis Sağlık Gıda ve Tarım Ürünleri San. ve Tic. A.Ş., abused its dominant position by refusing to deal with the complainant and distorted competition at wholesale level in the pharmaceutical sector by preventing pharmaceutical warehouses that it works with from making sales to other pharmaceutical warehouses. After discussing the information and documents acquired and observations made in the ...
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Investigation Concerning Istanbul Customs Brokers Association Initiated 6.7.2018
The preliminary inquiry conducted upon the application claiming that Istanbul Customs Brokers’ Association violated article 4 of the Act no. 4054 by means of its decisions was concluded by the Competition Board. After discussing the information and documents acquired and observations made during the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 12.06.2018, the Board concluded that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the decision no. 18-19/322-M to initiate an investigation about Is...
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