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ARTICLE · 15 JANUARY 2018

Turkish Competition Law - Overview Of Investigations In 2017

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The year 2017 was quite active and intense in terms of competition law. Turkish Competition Authority (the "TCA") launched 27 new investigations, concluded 16 investigations, and imposed nearly TRY 205 million...

TurkeyAntitrust/Competition Law
Ömer Bulgak
Ömer Bulgak
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The year 2017 was quite active and intense in terms of competition law. Turkish Competition Authority (the "TCA") launched 27 new investigations, concluded 16 investigations, and imposed nearly TRY 205 million (app. €45,230,000) in administrative fines. A total of 184 M&A transactions were notified to the TCA and four of these were taken into the second phase by the TCA in 20171.

Investigations Launched in 2017

The TCA succeeded in intimidating many sectors by launching a total of 27 new investigations into national and international companies in 2017. Big national and international companies such as Turk Telekom, Google, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, sahibinden.com, Sodexo, Turk Henkel, Roche, Turkcell, Vodafone, AVEA, D&R, Radontek Medical (CyberKnife) and Sony Eurasia found themselves on the TCA's radar. In addition, electricity, chicken meat, auto gas, port services, fuel distribution, road safety systems, ro-ro transportation, media, advertising and automotive

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