Hub-and-spoke cartels have recently come under the spotlight of competition authorities. The Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) found five grocery retailers and a cooking oil supplier in breach of Article 4 of the Turkish competition act (the equivalent of Article 101 TFEU). In this article, we...

With the introduction of the Regulation on Vertical Agreements in the Motor Vehicle Sector (Regulation no 2017/3) in February 2017, the Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) differentiated its approach to the distribution agreements in relation to new motor vehicle sales markets and after sales...

Within the past year, 2015, many developments were staged ranging from legislative works to sector reports, precedent setting decisions to approximately 25 new investigations. 2015 was full of firsts for the competition law world; an M&A transaction was prohibited for the first time in history...

The demand for high quality public services, particularly with respect to health care, is growing rapidly in Turkey. This demand will only accelerate given the growing expectations of Turkey’s increasingly modern and sophisticated population. To satisfy this booming demand, the private sector...

The path that the liberalizing power markets have followed in many countries has common milestones that have been explored in the literature regarding power market liberalization pretty widely and thoroughly. One of the most important research topics and an important contribution to the...

The competition law enforcement in Turkey is based on private and public enforcement pillars. Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) has sole discretion to enforce the Competition Act whereas the litigations initiated by the victims of anti-competitive conduct are seen in private courts. The...

Turkish Abstract: Gerek rekabet hukuku gerekse sanayi iktisadı literatürüne bakıldığında yeniden satış fiyatının belirlenmesi-nin rekabetçi etkilerini ortaya koyan çalışmaların son 10-15 yılda büyük hız kazandığı göze çarpmaktadır. Aynı şekilde rekabet otoritelerinin...

Turkish Abstract: Avrupa Birliği Genel Mahkemesi, 10 Kasım 2021 tarihinde uzun süredir beklenen Google (Shopping) kararını açıklamıştır. Karar, Avrupa rekabet hukukunun hâkim durumun kötüye kullanıldığı teşebbüs davranışlarına uygulanması bakımından olduğu kadar,...

The interaction between national competition authorities (NCAs) and national regulatory authorities (NRAs) plays a vital role in institutionalizing competition policy during regulatory reforms. Questions about jurisdictional authority over competition policy are far from settled What role should...