The Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) has published its annual activity report for 2025. The report shows that, as in previous years, the TCA remained active throughout 2025 in its efforts to ensure the proper, fair, and effective functioning of the free market economy, to safeguard competitive market structures, and—through the protection of competition—to contribute to consumer welfare.
The Turkish Competition Board (“Board”) concluded a total of 530 cases in 2025, representing a 9% increase compared to the previous year. Of the 530 final decisions, 416 related to merger and acquisition cases, while 104 were related to competition infringement cases. Approximately 78% of the cases concluded were related to merger control, while 20% were related to competition violation cases. The number of cases decided, broken down by year and case type, is presented in the table below:
