TCA's Report On Reflections Of Digital Transformation On Competition Law

April 18, 2023 the 1^st Supervision and Enforcement Department of the Turkish Competition Authority (the "Authority") published its "Report on the Reflections of Digital Transformation on CompetitionLaw" (the "Report"). We believe, the Authority's main purpose in preparing this Report is to have basis for the regulatory amendments with regard to the digital sector, due to the objections raised by the stakeholders upon publishing of the draft amendments to the Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition back in October 2022.

A. Purpose and Scope

The report, which consists of approximately 300 pages, in general, focuses on; (i) trends, current situationand potential of digitalization in Türkiye, (ii) competition-related issues emerging with digitalization, (iii) the Turkish Competition Authority's investigations and decisions on digital markets, (iv) steps that have been taken by competition authorities around the world, (v) possible competition violations