January 2021 – In 2020, the Turkish
Competition Authority (the "Authority")
concluded a total of 178 merger control filings in Phase I. At the
same time, the Authority was quite busy in 2020 with developments
in digital markets—increasing the number of its
investigations in this area, the amount of monetary fines, and also
adopting new tools in competition law, such as the
commitment mechanism,
de minimis doctrine, and new, secondary legislation, for
example the
controversial dawn-raid guidelines.
The Authority also started a survey within the scope of the
"e-Marketplace Platforms Sector Review" on 8 December
2020 and invited both consumers and sellers to take part in the
surveys until 28 December 2020. In this context, surveys examine
the trends and behaviour of consumers in e-marketplace shopping,
the preferences of sellers with e-marketplaces and the problems
they encounter. In this direction, the Authority aims to establish
a comprehensive framework for the
