2023 was an active year in the field of competition law.
One of the most important developments in 2023 was the increase in
the number of investigationsconcluded with settlement and
commitment. According to the decision statistics published by the
Turkish Competition Authority (the "TCA"), the
Competition Board (the "Board") concluded 35
investigations with settlement in the first half of 2023, out of 56
investigations in which it detected competition law
infringements.1 In comparison, according to the
TCA's 2022 statistics, 34 investigations were concluded with
settlement in 2022.2 The majority of
the investigations concluded with settlement relate to resale price
maintenance allegations. On the other hand, in 2022, the Board
concluded seven investigations with commitments, while this number
was eight in the first half of 2023.
