Since the seminal paper of Rochet and the Nobel Prize laureate Tirole in 2003, the theory of multisided markets has garnered considerable academic attention. The practical application of the theory remains, however, challenging. This article seeks to bring together the key features of multisided market economics and identify the key principles, which can affect practical enforcement.

The Turkish Competition Board launched a full-fledged investigation against Türk Philips A.Ş into allegations of abuse of dominance through denying or delaying access to codes and activation tools required for the maintenance ...

The settlement mechanism in Turkey is a newly established system, there is room for observation and growth by means of enforcement practice and as a well-established system, US enforcement practices as well as procedures in terms of settlement cases may be of use for the nascent Turkish settlement mechanism.

The effective date of the regulation, subject to our update published on November 16, 2015 titled "Turkey Green-Lights Comparative Advertising", which will allow using components related to competitors' goods, trademarks, trade name and services in the advertisements in Turkey is postponed to the end of 2016.

The vacancies at the Board did not disrupt the ongoing processes before the Authority, with the exception of the postponement of the scheduled oral hearing meetings.

The Competition Authority ("Authority") has finally published its long awaited sector inquiry report into cement sector on November 2, 2016.

The Draft Communique is open to public comments until February 4, 2019.

Pursuant to the Presidential Decree number 2022/426 published on the Official Gazette of September 3, 2022 (No. 31942), the Presidency resolved that the three (3) vacancies on the Turkish...

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On February 18th, 2016 Turkey finally ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism Agreement.

In this article, we will focus on the most prominent changes related to the Communiqué recently introduced by the CMB.

The webinar will provide comprehensive explanations and examples on recent merger control trends in Turkish competition law, while accentuating recent amendments introduced to the Law No. 4054 on Protection of Competition as of June 24, 2020.

The Republic of Turkey Prime Ministry Undersecretariat of the Treasury has introduced amendments to both the Decree on the Protection of the Value of Turkish Currency No. 32 ("Decree") and the communiqué regarding the same (the communiqué No. 2008-32/34) ("Communiqué"), which were published in the Official Gazette of January 25, 2018.

Presidential Circular on Information and Communication Security Measures ("Circular") is published in the Official Gazette of July 6, 2019.

Turkey was among the members who came under scrutiny during the Committee meeting after Brazil and Ukraine raised concerns about measures that had been imposed by Turkey.

On October 3, 2016, Turkey had challenged a permanent anti-dumping duty of 11% on certain hot-rolled steel imports from Turkey, requesting consultations with Morocco regarding imposition of the definitive antidumping measure.

The High Court of Appeals, Assembly of Civil Chambers has recently ruled on the issue of whether appointment of an expert for assessment of likelihood of confusion in trademarks is admissible under Turkish Procedural Law (E. 2014/11-696, K. 2016/778, 8.6.2016).

Turkish Data Protection Authority recently published two (2) recent announcements regarding the approval of undertaking letters which were drafted for cross-border transfer of personal data

Turkish Personal Data Protection Board published a decision (2020/542) at the Data Protection Authority's website on September 8, 2020 regarding appointment of the same real person as a contact person for registration ...

The Capital Markets Board ("CMB") issued an announcement on September 27, 2018, on its website and addressed the much-disputed status of digital tokens and Initial Coin Offerings ("ICO").