Turkish Competition Authority’s New Initiatives In Digital Markets

The Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) has recently announced two significant initiatives concerning digital markets: (i) a sector inquiry into the artificial intelligence (“AI”) ecosystem and (ii) a study titled “Competition Policies in the Digital Era”. Taken together, these two initiatives demonstrate the TCA’s continued efforts to closely monitor developments in digital markets and to proactively shape competition policy in this rapidly evolving area.

First, the TCA announced the launch of a sector inquiry into the AI ecosystem, with a particular focus on generative AI. The TCA noted that the AI value chain¾shaped by access to data, computing power, and digital platforms¾raises important issues with respect to market structure, entry conditions, and the preservation of effective competition. Accordingly, the sector inquiry will examine the relationships between different layers of the value chain; the conditions governing access to critical inputs; the interactions between