The Turkish Competition Authority announces the initiation of two full-fledged investigations concerning the pricing policies of private schools in Ankara

On 12 January 2023, the Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) announced the initiation of two full-fledged investigations concerning the practices of certain private schools. Those investigations reveal that the TCA has been closely monitoring the news on the private schools’ pricing policies which have had wide coverage on the press recently and been on the agenda of the Ministry of Education (“MEB”) [1]. This piece briefly explains the new investigations as well as the previous investigations of the TCA against the private schools. Investigation against the Private French Schools Upon the preliminary investigation conducted by the TCA, it has been concluded that the pricing practices of Saint-Joseph French High School, Saint Benoît French High School, Notre-Dame de Sion French High