Newsletter-21

155 COMPETITION LAW dominant position, such as Booking and Amazon, were ruled to be considered abandoned as they have anti-competitive effects. Thus, other online platforms may be subject to such investigations within the EU market considering the consistent decisions on MFN Clauses. The first investigation regarding the MFN Clause in Turkey is the Yemek Sepeti investigation. Within the scope of this investigation, the Turkish Competition Authority ruled that MFN Clauses prevent restaurants from giving more favorable offers to competitive online platforms other than Yemek Sepeti, and such exclusionary conduct is anti-competitive. Therefore, MFN Clauses are excluded from these agreements. The determination of the the Turkish Competition Au- thority may provide insight into the investigation of Booking. It is ac- cepted that the Turkish Competition Authority will retain its position on MFN Clauses that it had adopted through Yemek Sepeti decision.