The Turkish Competition Authority
("TCA"), being quiet active in the
previous months, has concluded investigations in a number of cases.
The investigations concerned a variety of sectors including
chemicals, electronics, tourism and retail, with the allegations
covering a range of issues, including coordination between
competitors, abuse of dominance, as well as resale price
maintenance. The decisions in relation to the investigations are
noteworthy not only because multinationals such as LG Electronics
and Philips were involved, but also the overall fines within the
last quarter reached a level of TRY 63 million (equivalent to EUR
17.2 million). Those decisions with no violation found are also
important as they represent TCA's perception in relation to the
analysis of the respective markets and commercial practices. Once
the reasoned decisions in relation to these cases are published,
more analysis and conclusions could be made. For the time being, we
provide below an
