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As we left behind the second quarter of 2020, we are publishing this bulletin which consists of recent competition law developments in Turkey and the Competition Board's (the "Board") notable decision

The Preliminary Report on E-marketplace Platforms Sector Inquiry (the "Preliminary Report") published by the Turkish Competition Authority was the most significant competition law development during the second quarter of 2021.

The New Communiqué No. 2010/4 on Mergers and Acquisitions Subject to the Approval of the Turkish Competition Board is published on October 7th, 2010, and it brings a new Turkish merger control regime into the Turkish competition law system.

In Turkish competition law, the procedures, and principles of the right of access to the file, which is provided to the parties of the investigation initiated by the Authority for the purpose...

The Turkish Competition Board imposed an administrative fine on Novonesis A/S and its subsidiaries pursuant to Articles 16 and 17 of Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition, on the grounds that NOVO provided incomplete, incorrect, or misleading responses ...

Tracking the prices is an integral element of any shopping activity. Whether you are in the supermarket filling your basket with groceries or in the cosmetics shop picking up a lovely box...

On August 12, 2021, the Turkish Competition Board initiated an investigation on whether Tadım Gıda Maddeleri San. ve Ticaret A.Ş., a supplier of packaged dried nuts, violated Articles 4 and 6 of the Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition ...

The Turkish Competition Authority (the "Authority") announced two important final decisions regarding resale price maintenance on August 9, 2023.

Turkish Competition Authority ("TCA") has accepted the second commitment package submitted by Yemek Sepeti, pertaining to the investigation initiated with its decision dated 04.06.2020...

Recently the Turkish Competition Authority ("TCA") has taken a series of decisions that may potentially affect the market structure and the nature of competition in payment systems.

The Turkish Competition Board cleared the acquisition of joint control over Hızlıpara Ödeme Hizmetleri ve Elektronik Para A.Ş. by the Savaş Family and the venture capital investment funds established and managed by ...

In a preliminary investigation decision dated 26 February 2026, the Turkish Competition Board (the “Board”) accepted and rendered binding a set of commitments offered by VF Vize Danışmanlık Hizmetleri Ticaret Limited Şirketi (“VF Vize”) to address competition concerns arising from preferential access to visa appointments granted to Camelot Air Travel Turizm ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi (“Camelot”), a travel agency affiliated with VF Vize’s subcontractor, Gateway Management Lojistik Anonim Şirketi (“Gateway”).

Following a sector inquiry launched in December 2021 to detect structural competition concerns in the pharmaceutical sector and offer competitive solutions, the Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) published its Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry Preliminary Report on 10 August 2026, opening it for public consultation. The report examines the overall outlook of the sector together with quantitative and statistical data, summarises the TCA's enforcement activities in the sector over the past ten years, and assesses the competitive structure across the full supply chain: production, market entry, and distribution.

TCA launched investigation into undertakings operating in the nuclear medicine market over bid rigging and concerted practice allegations: The TCA has initiated a formal investigation into 11 undertakings operating in the nuclear medicine market (including Medicheck, Referans, Fefa, Sintias, Nukleon, Bianco, Nukleus, MNT, GAMA and Moltek) to determine whether they violated Article 4 of the Competition Act through bid rigging and/or concerted practices, particularly in tenders conducted by public hospitals.

In November 2007, the Turkish Competition Authority (the "TCA") declared that a new communiqué on mergers and acquisitions was on its agenda.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced criminal antitrust charges against four of the world’s largest shipping container manufacturers and seven executives over an alleged global cartel affecting the market for standard dry shipping containers.

The Turkish Competition Board (“TCB”) has launched an investigation against Meta over allegations that the integration of Meta AI into WhatsApp may constitute an abuse of dominance. The investigation focuses on whether Meta restricting competition by preventing third-party general-purpose AI assistants from offering their services through WhatsApp.

The Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) has updated its merger control guidelines to reflect the amendments made to the Merger Communiqué in February 2026.