THE DECISION OF THE TURKISH COMPETITION AUTHORITY ON THE INVESTIGATION REGARDING GOOGLE GROUP COMPANIES

Rekabet Hukuku

17 February 2020

The investigation about whether Google breaches the article 6 of the Law on the Protection of Competition numbered 4054 by abusing its dominant position in the Market has been completed with the decision as follows;

  1. The economic integration of Google Advertising and Marketing Ltd. Şti., Google International LLC, Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited and Alphabet INC is a dominant position in the Market,
  2. Google breached article 6 of the Law at issue by aggravating its competitors’ enterprise activities.

In this context, Google Group has been fined 98.354.027,39 Turkish Liras. Also, the Authority gives Google 3 months to meet the obligation that the Authority imposed on Google.

You can find the text of the decision (in Turkish) here.

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