An Outlook Of 2019: Turkish Competition Authority Published Its Annual Report

Turkish Competition Authority ("TCA") has published its 2019 Annual Report ("Report") where it presents an overview of its activities in the past year. Although TCA's annual reports are accustomed in the sector by now, this year's report is of significant importance since 2019 was a rather turbulent year in terms of competition law enforcement and practice in Turkey. Some key notes from the report and our assessments are as follows:

Foreword by the TCA's President

According to the report, 2019 has been a fruitful year for the TCA in terms of international cooperation as with the previous years. In his preliminary remarks, President of the TCA, Birol Küle, emphasized the increasing role of the TCA in terms of developing new international alliances and contributing to the efforts taken towards the cooperation among other competition authorities. As a prime indicator of these efforts, President Küle has mentioned the Istanbul Competition Forum which was held in