Turkey: Trade Regulation & Practices

The Turkish Competition Authority has recently published its Hyperconnect/Match Group decision where it approved the acquisition of Hyperconnect Inc. ("Hyperconnect") by Match Group Inc.

The European Commission has initiated a review process concerning anti-dumping duties applied to certain hot-rolled flat steel products originating from Turkey. This examination will assess whether dumping and injury would continue if the existing measures were removed, with Turkish producers facing critical deadlines for interested party registration, sampling procedures, and data preparation.

Turkey has postponed the enforcement date of its new Regulation on Transparency and Market-Abusive Conduct in Energy and Environmental Markets from June 2026 to January 2027. The regulation introduces significant transparency requirements and rules against market-abusive conduct for participants in Turkey's energy and environmental markets.

Most favoured customer ("MFC") practices became one of the hottest topics on the Turkish Competition Authority's (the "Authority") agenda especially with the rise of e-commerce businesses.

At the end of 2020, the Turkish Competition Board ("Board") finalized its assessment on the investigation regarding the price increases in the fertilizer industry...

In 2019 and 2020, Turkish administrative courts handed down noteworthy judgments concerning two particular decisions of the Turkish Competition Board.

Recently the Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) announced a new reasoned decision in relation to Turkish beer market and has preserved the rule for beer coolers.

The Board's reasoned decision regarding the allegations that the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality had violated the Law No. 4054 through certain activities regarding the right of way, was published on the Authority's official website.

One of the interesting antitrust cases in Turkey in 2017 is the investigation of the Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) concerning 13 international banks, for their conducts in syndicated loan markets.