Turkish Competition Board ("Board") decided to conduct an investigation to Anka Mobil Tedarik A.Ş. and D-Market Elektronik Hizmetleri ve Ticaret A.Ş. (hepsiburada.com) for violation of article 4 (restrictive trade practices and concerted practices) and article 6 (abuse of dominance) of the Law Number 4054 on the Protection of Competition (the "Law").

As a result of the preliminary investigation carried out on the alleged breach of the Law by the most favored customer clauses, discrimination, restriction of intra-brand competition, refusal to supply and maintenance of the resale price, the Board decided to conduct an investigation to these two companies, on 10 July 2019.

The Board's announcement is available at this link (only available in Turkish).

Information first published in the MA | Gazette, a fortnightly legal update newsletter produced by Moroğlu Arseven.

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