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Türkiye’s Competition Authority issued administrative fines totaling ₺12.1 billion ($306 million) in 2025 as part of investigations into antitrust violations, including cartel behavior and practices that distort market competition.
The authority adopted 530 board decisions during the year, examining competition violations across a wide range of industries, from food production and automotive manufacturing to infrastructure services and information technologies.
The largest share of penalties was imposed on companies operating in the food industry. Firms in this sector received administrative fines amounting to ₺4.7 billion.
Other sectors also faced substantial sanctions. Companies in the chemicals and mining sector were fined ₺669.5 million, while infrastructure services companies received ₺658.9 million in penalties. The labor market sector was fined ₺557 million, and the automotive industry faced ₺506 million in fines.
Together, these five sectors accounted for roughly 86% of the total penalties issued during the year. Additional fines included ₺402.3 million in the textile and ready-to-wear sector, ₺322.5 million in construction, ₺222.5 million in agriculture and agricultural products, and ₺99.7 million in the machinery industry.
The authority also reviewed 416 merger and acquisition transactions notified in 2025, assessing their potential impact on competition.
Among these transactions, 381 were approved, while 10 received conditional approval and 25 were deemed outside the scope of competition review.
The information technologies and digital platform services sector recorded the highest number of deals, with 84 transactions.
It was followed by the automotive sector with 44 deals and the chemicals and mining sector with 42 transactions.
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