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lated article 4 of the Act no 4054 in industrial gas sales by engag-
ing in practices such as allocating customers, avoiding submitting
competitive bids to customers and exchanging information con-
cerning bids.
• After examining the information, evidence and the findings
gathered in the preliminary inquiry initiated in order to deter-
mine whether TTNET A.Ş. and Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş.
violated article 6 of the Act no 4054 in retail and wholesale
fixed broadband internet access services markets via their pric-
ing policies, the Board concluded in its meeting of 09.08.2012
that the findings were significant and sufficient, and with the
decision numbered 12-41/1153-M (1), decided to open an
investigation under articles 40 and 41 of the Act no 4054 on the
Protection of Competition concerning the aforementioned
undertakings.
• The Board re-evaluated the complaint dated 05.12.2007 which
included the claim that Turkcell Iletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. com-
plicated the operations of Vodafone Telekomünikasyon A.Ş.
when providing GPRS infrastructure service to businesses that
offer vehicle tracking services, through the vertical agreements
it signed with those undertakings and various other practices.
The Board decided to initiate an investigation on Turkcell
Iletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. with the decision numbered 12-
38/1110-M after discussing the information and documents
included in the file in its meeting dated 18.07.2012. The inves-
tigation was initiated following the 13th Chamber of the
Council of State’s annulment of the Board decision dated
02.04.2008 and numbered 08-27/306-97, which was taken as a
result of the preliminary inquiry conducted in response to the
aforementioned complaint, and it aims to determine whether
articles 4 and 6 of the Act no 4054 were violated.
• As a result of the examination conducted in response to the
claim that Türkiye Halk Bankasi A.Ş. forced consumers to take
out policies from its own insurance company in exchange for
extending loans for housing constructed by the Housing
Development Administration of Turkey, the Board decided that
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