What are the key components of Türkiye’s competition law framework, and how does it compare to EU competition regulations? Türkiye’s competition law framework, primarily governed by Law No. 4054 on the protection of competition, focuses on prohibiting anti-competitive agreements; preventing the abuse of a dominant position; and regulating mergers and acquisitions. In addition to the …
Introduction In recent years, the Turkish Competition Board (‘TCB’) has increasingly focused on the labour market, especially on the targeting agreements that may hinder competition, such as gentleman’s agreements and no-poaching clauses. In this article, by analysing TCB’s rulings on this matter, we aim to delineate the criteria of the TCB in regulating labour market …
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Tilegal’s Savaş İnandıoğlu and Nil Tütüncüoğlu outline the general legal overview of cargo insurance in light of the incidents occurring in the Red Sea.
1. What are the key legal frameworks and regulations related to white-collar crime in Türkiye that a general counsel should be aware of when conducting business in the region?
What do you think about the ‘technology undertaking’ exception to Turkey’s merger control regime? With the adoption of this exception, the TCA exempts certain transactions involving a takeover of a technology undertaking from the target-wise turnover thresholds. Competition authorities worldwide have long been discussing about tackling the so-called ‘killer acquisitions’. While the German and Austrian …
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Introduction Ankara’s 13th Administrative Court (‘Administrative Court’) annulled1 the Turkish Competition Board’s (‘Board’) decision, dated 3 September 2020 and numbered 20-40/553-249, rejecting the exemption application of Johnson & Johnson Sıhhi Malzeme Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti. (‘J&J’) (‘Board’s decision’).
The Turkish Competition Board (the Board) decided that several practices of Unilever Sanayi ve Ticaret Türk AŞ (Unilever) amounted to infringement of Article 4 and Article 6 of the Law No 4054 on the Protection of Competition (Law No 4054). 1
Since the enactment of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No 6689 (the Law) in 2016, one of the most critical problems that in-house lawyers of both local and multinational companies face has become cross-border personal data transfers from Turkey. The government has a tendency to keep the data of Turkish residents in Turkey and, …
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