Organisation: Turkish Competition Authority

Turkey’s Competition Authority has launched a sprawling investigation into 19 companies, including AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and Panasonic, for allegedly forming no-poach agreements in the pharmaceutical sector.

01 December 2023

L’Oréal and eight cosmetic companies have agreed to pay nearly €10 million in fines to settle allegations of resale price maintenance, online sales restrictions and hub-and-spoke cartel violations in Turkey.

17 November 2023

Automatic pricing mechanisms used by Amazon and two other large e-commerce platforms are facing close scrutiny in Turkey.

17 November 2023

EssilorLuxottica must pay a €17 million sanction for violating commitments it offered to gain antitrust approval over its acquisition of Essilor, Turkey’s Competition Authority has said.

29 August 2023

Canon’s local subsidiary is under investigation in Turkey for allegedly fixing resale prices.

24 August 2023

Turkey's largest online bus ticketing provider has offered a slew of commitments to alleviate the national antitrust authority's concerns that its business practices amount to an abuse of dominance.

18 August 2023

Samsung, Arçelik and two other Turkish homeware appliance companies are facing €21 million fines from the country’s competition watchdog following an investigation into separate breaches of resale price maintenance rules.

09 August 2023

Turkey’s Competition Authority has stepped-up its crackdown on no-poach agreements by fining Vodafone, Turk Telekom and 14 other companies over €5 million for agreeing not to hire each other’s employees.

03 August 2023

Turkey’s largest online retail platform will appeal against a €2 million fine from the country’s competition enforcer for allegedly manipulating algorithms to favour its own brands.

27 July 2023

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Recent amendments to Turkey’s anti-cartel regulations steer attention and resources to more significant violations, with a particular focus on mergers between high-value parties with significant asset turnover.

30 June 2023