Gönenç Gürkaynak illuminates the entirety of Turkish competition law in the first such treatise of its kind, spanning across the historical roots of legislation, policy, and institutions, to substantive aspects, enforcement, and procedure. All components of the law are individually discussed,...

Artificial intelligence (“Al") is a comprehensive field of computer science that enables machines to learn from experience and ultimately take difficult actions without human intervention. Al has been one of the highly populartopics overthe last decade, as it has become a more effective tool...

The interplay between the disciplines of development, economics and human rights is the key to maximising total welfare, because this interdisciplinary approach takes distributional aspects of total welfare into account. Enhancing economic development and protecting human rights are mutually...

Turkish Abstract: Avrupa Birliği Genel Mahkemesi 9 Eylül 2014 tarihli kararında, kurumlar nezdindeki bilgilere kamunun erişim hakkına en geniş uygulama alanı sağlanması gerektiği ilkesine dayanarak, Avrupa Komisyonu’nun bu hakkın ihlali niteliğindeki kararını iptal etmiştir. AB...

Turkish Abstract: Birleşme veya devralma işleminin yaratacağı rekabet karşıtı etkilerin bertaraf edilmesi amacıyla işlemde belirli düzeltmeler veya değişiklikler yapılabilmektedir. Böylece rekabet otoriteleri birleşme veya devralma işlemini yasaklamak yerine anti-rekabetçi...

Sales restrictions through online marketplaces (or online marketplace restrictions) have recently been an important topic within the context of the Turkish competition law. Within this scope, the legislative works concerning online marketplace restrictions in Turkey bears a significant...

This article examines data-related abuses in competition law within today’s data driven economic world. There is no doubt that data has become an indispensable source of information and an essential business tool for almost all companies operating in various diverse markets. In this regard,...

Efforts to combat corruption have increased from the domestic level to a global level, an indication of increased global awareness that has incentivized nations to internationally cooperate to eliminate corruption. As countries sign and ratify various international conventions, various...

A compliance program, a tool which will enable companies to detect, deter and prevent any non-compliance with the applicable laws must be culturally adapted to the environment it will be implemented in. While there is some guidance on what the core elements of a compliance program should be, it...

Innovation can either be viewed by the competition authorities as a parameter that should be protected from the potential negative effects of a transaction, or it can be utilized by the merging parties as part of a defense argument to set off against or abate the anticompetitive concerns raised...