Information Note On Communiqué No. 2026/3 Regarding Notifications To The Turkish Competition Authority In Privatization Transfers

Pursuant to the Communiqué on the Amendment of the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles to be Followed in Pre-Notifications and Authorization Applications to be Made to the Competition Authority for the Legal Validity of Acquisitions through Privatization (Communiqué No: 2026/3), published in the Official Gazette dated 11 February 2026 and numbered 33165, the turnover threshold applicable to privatization transactions subject to pre-notification has been amended.

The aforementioned Communiqué regulates the procedures and principles governing the pre-notification and authorization processes to be conducted before the Competition Authority in order for acquisitions carried out through privatization to obtain legal validity under Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition. Accordingly, prior to the public announcement of the tender specifications regarding the privatization of the undertaking or the unit engaged in the production of goods or services,