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Two-minute recap of recent developments in Turkish competition law – October 2020
November 2020 – In October, the Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) announced two important new regulations. One contains guidelines regarding on-site inspections and the examination of digital data. In a nutshell, the TCA has indicated that it ...
Turkish Competition Board penalises five international banks for not providing requested information
November 2020 – The Turkish Competition Board (“Board”) recently published its reasoned decision[1] (“Decision”) concerning the requests for information pertaining to data on traders’ chat-rooms from a number of financial institutions operating ...
Yeni Tebliğ Taslağı Türk Rekabet Hukukunda De Minimis Doktrininin Uygulanmasının Yolunu Açıyor
Ekim 2020 – Rekabet Kurumu (“Kurum”), 4054 sayılı Rekabetin Korunması Hakkında Kanun’un (“4054 Sayılı Kanun” veya “Kanun”) 27(f) ve 41(2) maddeleri uyarınca hazırladığı Rekabeti Kayda Değer Ölçüde Kısıtlamadığı Kabul ...
New Draft Communiqué paves the way for the application of the de minimis doctrine under Turkish competition law
October 2020 – The Turkish Competition Board (the “Board”) has presented for public consultation a draft Communiqué on ''Agreements, Concerted Practices, and Decisions and Practices of Associations of Undertakings which are Considered not to Appreciably ...
Procedures and principles for social network providers in Turkey
October 2020 – Recent amendments to Turkish Law No. 5651 “On the Regulation of Broadcasts via the Internet and Prevention of Crimes Committed through Such Broadcasts” (the “Amendments”) have widened the scope of Law No. 5651 to cover social ...
Sosyal Ağ Sağlayıcılar Hakkında Usul ve Esaslar: Sorular ve Cevaplar
Ekim 2020 – Bildiğiniz üzere 31.07.2020 tarih ve 31202 sayılı Resmi Gazete 5651 Sayılı İnternet Ortamında Yapılan Yayınların Düzenlenmesi ve Bu Yayınlar Yoluyla İşlenen Suçlarla Mücadele Edilmesi Hakkında Kanun’da, (“5651 sayılı ...
The Turkish Competition Authority wants to take “a quick look” at employees’ personal mobile devices
October 2020 – Overview of recently issued “Guidelines for the Examination of Digital Data during On-site Inspections”. The Turkish Competition Authority (the “TCA”) has recently issued “Guidelines for the Examination of Digital Data ...
Two-minute recap of recent developments in Turkish competition law – September 2020
October 2020 – After initiating several on-going investigations and two sector inquiries (on digital markets and on e-commerce), it can be said that September was quite an active month for the Turkish Competition Authority (TCA). In September ...
Two-minute recap of recent developments in Turkish competition law – August 2020
September 2020 – Turkish merger control activities in August continued the momentum gained in previous months. Merger control activity was higher compared to August 2019. As we have previously announced the oral hearings for the on-going investigations ...
Two-minute recap of recent developments in Turkish competition law – July 2020
August 2020 – In July it appears that Turkish merger control activities left the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic behind. Based on the M&A decisions table, the number of M&A decisions shows a significant increase compared to the previous three ...