Communique regarding Practices not significantly restricting competition entered into force as published in Official Gazette dated 16.03.2021 and numbered 31425.

Turkish Competition Authority ("Authority") underlined the followings with its announcement ("Announcement") dated 8 May 2020:

Moreover, the Board discoursed that this information resulting in favor of TTNET was supporting of this conclusion.

"Communique on the Amendment of "Communique on Block Exemption Regarding the Vertical Agreements (Communique No: 2002/2)" (Communique No: 2021/4)" ("Communique")...

The debate over finding a legal framework for the enforcement of SEPs has been one of the hot IP topics of 2020.

The Competition Authority ("Authority") published the long-awaited Draft Guidelines on Competition Violations in Labour Markets ("Draft Guidelines") on 16.09.2024 and opened it to public opinion.

On December 27, 2024, the "Regulation on Administrative Fines to be imposed for Agreements, Concerted Practices and Decisions Restricting Competition and Abuse of Dominant Position" ("Regulation") entered into force.

Communiqué No. 2021/4 brings about a significant change to the vertical block exemption regime.

The Competition Board concluded its investigation of members of the Steel Guardrail and Road Safety Systems Association and some of their subsidiaries with respect to possible violations of Article 4 of the Act No: 4054 ...

After an investigation process of thirteen months, the Board announced on October 14, 2016 the outcome of a high-profile investigation against Turk Philips Tic. A.Ş. ("Philips Turkey") into allegations of abuse of dominance.

On September 22, the Authority disclosed its reasoned decision on its website regarding the preliminary inquiry initiated against entities engaged in the production and wholesale...

Turkish Competition Authority Has Been Chasing Undertaking Charging Excessive Price COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused a worldwide health crisis...

The Turkish Competition Authority (the “TCA”) announced on 7 April 2026 that it has launched a comprehensive sector inquiry into the artificial intelligence ecosystem. In its announcement, the TCA emphasizes that rapid developments, particularly in terms of generative AI, point to new competitive dynamics shaped around data, computing power, and platform ecosystems, and that this transformation is fundamentally reshaping market dynamics.

The Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) has recently announced two significant initiatives concerning digital markets: (i) a sector inquiry into the artificial intelligence (“AI”) ecosystem and (ii) a study titled “Competition Policies in the Digital Era”. Taken together, these two initiatives demonstrate the TCA’s continued efforts to closely monitor developments in digital markets and to proactively shape competition policy in this rapidly evolving area.

Turkey's Competition Authority has been closely scrutinising digital platforms for some time.

The Turkish Competition Authority recently published a short-form decision from the Competition Board ("Board") concluding that Mey Icki San. ve Tic. A.Ş. ("Mey Icki") abused its dominant position in the Raki market (alcohol), violating Article 6 of the Law on Protection of Competition Number 4054 ("Competition Law").

In accordance with Communiqué No. 2021/4 Amending the Block Exemption Communiqué on Vertical Agreements published in the Official Gazette on 5 November 2021 with number 31650, the market share threshold ...

In June, the Turkish Competition Board (the "Board") approved 12 merger control filings and published 60 reasoned decisions.

The on-going dispute between the Turkish Competition Authority and social media giant Facebook over the terms of use of its subsidiary, WhatsApp, has finally come to an end.

The Turkish Competition Authority had its final decision on the 3M case, which has been on the agenda of TCA for a long time.