Employee Statements İn Turkish Competition Law: Binding Or Not?

The Turkish Competition Board ("Board") recently published a decision which could signal a changing stance on the admissibility of statements from employees of investigated undertakings. The Board continues to have wide powers to request and consider information during investigations. However, the recent decision suggests the Board may no longer attach as much weight to statements which are made by employees who do not have official capacity to bind the undertaking.

The Board holds wide legislative power to request information

The Competition Board is the decision-making body of the Competition Authority ("Authority") and holds wide investigative powers (Article 14 and 15 of Law No. 4054 on Protection of Competition; the "Competition Law").