Highlights On The Turkish Competition Authority's Recent Investigations

1. Introduction

The Turkish Competition Authority ("TCA") has been very active in the last three months. The TCA concluded ongoing investigations against companies active in iron- steel, alcoholic beverages and banking industries as well the pending merger review into the ro-ro transportation. In the meantime, the TCA launched investigations against; (i) Sahibinden.com into its alleged abuse of dominance, (ii) Sony Turkey into its alleged resale price maintenance practices, (iii) the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies into its alleged tying and discriminatory practices, and (iv) Radontek Medical into its alleged abusive practices. The purpose of this article is to draw attention to recent activities and approaches of the TCA and to show the recent decisions as a whole. As the reasoned decisions in relation to the concluded investigations have not been released on the TCA's website yet, an overview of the competition law developments in Turkey is provided below.