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ARTICLE · 29 JUNE 2022

Turkish Competition Authority Has Published A Short Video Regarding Its Yemek Sepeti Decision

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Turkish Competition Authority ("TCA") has accepted the second commitment package submitted by Yemek Sepeti, pertaining to the investigation initiated with its decision dated 04.06.2020...

TurkeyAntitrust/Competition Law
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Turkish Competition Authority ("TCA") has accepted the second commitment package submitted by Yemek Sepeti, pertaining to the investigation initiated with its decision dated 04.06.2020 and numbered 20-27/336-M, and decided to cease the investigation with its decision dated 28.01.2021 and numbered 21-05/64-28. The decision has been published on TCA's official website on 04.08.2021. What is new about this investigation is that TCA published a short video on its official website on 01.06.2022, regarding the underlying reasons of this investigation to explain what the relevant decision of TCA means for the consumers, restaurants, and other stakeholders such as other competing platforms.

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