Hub-and-spoke cartels have recently come under the spotlight of competition authorities. The Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) found five grocery retailers and a cooking oil supplier in breach of Article 4 of the Turkish competition act (the equivalent of Article 101 TFEU). In this article, we...

Electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining importance as the fight against climate change accelerates, and the charging infrastructure necessary for these vehicles to maintain their functions constitutes a complementary network economy. Developments in charging infrastructure are gaining momentum...

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. Even though the TCA has given its decision at the end of 2017, the full decision published...

This paper focuses on the question of whether the task of distributing the welfare between producers and consumers is in the domain or jurisprudence of courts or antitrust agencies. Indeed, these foundations are far away from the understanding introduced by Chicago school when the matter in hand...

ACTECON Papers 05 focuses on fuel market and structural problems in such market as well as the effects of recent tax and price increases in its 5th issue. It is a relatively difficult question to answer for people living in Turkey: Why are we paying for the most expensive fuel in the world and...