Private Antitrust Litigation Turkey 2019

Legislation and jurisdiction

1 How would you summarise the development of private antitrust litigation in your jurisdiction?

In Turkey, private antitrust litigation has been applicable since Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition (Competition Law) entered into force in 1994. There have been a number of pending cases concerning private enforcement of competition law. The judicial developments has been relatively limited and there have not been many court precedents in that respect. This is mostly because injured parties are largely unaware of the private enforcement and compensation opportunity. Additionally, the lengthy court proceeding period and the rules regarding the limitation period are among the factors preventing private antitrust litigation from becoming attractive to the injured parties. Moreover, the lack of established practice among the civil courts and difficulties encountered in accessing evidence for antitrust practices also constitute