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How does Turkey’s Competition Board interpret anti-competitive information exchange? An analysis of its recent car rental decision

March 2023 – In a preliminary investigation involving 12 undertakings operating in the car rental sector, the Turkish Competition Board (the “Board”) scrutinised allegations that the car rental undertakings violated Article 4 of Law No. 4054 on ...

Rekabet Kurulu Elon Musk’a Hukuki Yükümlülüklerini Hatırlattı

Mars 2023 – Hatırlarsınız Elon Musk, 2022 yılında Twitter'ı satın almak için yaptığı teklifle, her zaman olduğu gibi, bir kez daha dünya çapında haber olmuştu. Aylar süren görüşmelerin ve yüzlerce haber ve eleştirinin ardından ...

Elon Musk Reminded of Competition Rules by the Turkish Competition Board

March 2023 – Elon Musk made news globally when he made an offer to buy the social networking platform Twitter in 2022. After months of back and forth and an overwhelming amount of news and critical analysis, Musk’s acquisition of Twitter was completed ...

Two-minute recap of recent developments in Turkish competition law – January & February 2023

March 2023 – Due to the devastating earthquake in Turkey on 6 February, we did not publish our Two-minute recap for the first time in three years, out of respect for those suffering. We now respectfully present the two-minute recap of recent Turkish ...

Two-minute Recap of Competition Law Matters Around the Globe – February 2023

Altice gun-jumping fine challenged before the European Court of Justice. In 2018, the European Commission (“Commission”) fined French telecoms operator Altice a sum of EUR 124.5 million for breaching the notification and standstill requirements ...

Two-minute Recap of Competition Law Matters Around the Globe – January 2023

Germany opens MFN probe into PayPal . Germany’s Bundeskartellamt has opened an investigation to decide whether PayPal has taken advantage of its dominant position by using most-favored-nation clauses that limit competition in the online payments ...

ECJ’s view on attorney-client privilege: When will professional secrecy apply? What is the view from Turkey?

January 2023 – Imagine that you consult a legal issue with your lawyer. You most likely would want the discussion between you and your lawyer to be kept between the two of you. Indeed, this is the reason why correspondence between attorneys and clients ...

Two-minute Recap of Recent Developments in Turkish Competition Law – December 2022

January 2023 – In December 2022, the Turkish Competition Board (the “Board”) published two reasoned decisions and approved eighteen merger and acquisition transactions. The highlight of Turkish competition law in December was that the Board ...

Two-minute Recap of Competition Law Matters Around the Globe – December 2022

AG Rantos’ opinion in the European Super League case leans towards UEFA and FIFA. In December, EU Advocate General Athanasios Rantos, a legal advisor to the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”), published his much-anticipated opinion in the case ...

Dijital Hukuk (S1-E2) - Doç. Dr. Elif Küzeci ve Av. Bulut Girgin

Dijital Hukuk serimizin ikinci bölümünün yayınlandığını sizlerle paylaşmaktan mutluluk duyuyoruz!. Bu bölümde, Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi öğretim üyesi Doç. Dr. Elif Küzeci ile Av. Bulut Girgin bir araya gelerek Almanya’da yürütülen ...