Speeches & Publications
"The International Comparative Legal Guide - Merger Control 2026" (Periodical by Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak and Öznur İnanılır), Global Legal Group, December 2025. This article appeared in the 22nd edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide - Merger Control published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London
Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, our founding partner and head of ELIG Gürkaynak’s competition law and regulatory team, spoke at the "Antitrust in Developing and Emerging Economies" webinar organized by Concurrences on December 9, 2025. The keynote speech was delivered by Mr. Daron Acemoğlu (Institute Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Mr. Harry First (Professor of Law Emeritus, NYU School of Law, New York) moderated the panel and the other speakers included Mr. Tembinkosi Bonakele (Former Deputy Commissioner, South Africa Competition Commission, Pretoria), Mr. Gustavo Augusto Freitas De Lima (Acting Head, CADE, Lote), Ms. Michal Gal (Professor, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa), Mr. Frédéric Jenny (Chairman, OECD Global Competition Forum, Paris) and Ms. Andrea Marván Saltiel (Chairwoman, National Antitrust Commission, Mexico City).
“Drawing the Line for Discriminatory Practices: The Turkish Competition Authority Concludes Its Pre-Investigation to an Online Marketplace Platform Suspected of Discriminatory Practices with No Violation Findings (Trendyol)”
Article by Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, K. Korhan Yıldırım and Görkem Yardım, Aydeniz Baytaş and Ayşenur Gökalp, Concurrences e-Competitions News Issue, December 2025
Article by Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, Tolga Uluay, Doruk Altın and Simge Zeliha Yıldırım
Mondaq, December 8, 2025
Periodical by Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak and Öznur İnanılır
Law Business Research, November 11, 2025
Article by Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, Betül Baş, Ekin Günaydın and İrem Keskin
Mondaq, November 26, 2025
“Cartels and Horizontal Collusive Conduct” (Article with Ebru İnce, Evgeniya Deveci, Petek Güven and Çağla Sarıbay), Competition Law of the European Union (2nd edition), LexisNexis, November 2025
Article by Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, Nazlı Nil Yukaruç and Ece Kayabaş
Mondaq, November 21, 2025
Periodical by Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, K. Korhan Yıldırım and Görkem Yardım
Law Business Research Ltd., September 2025; Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. This article was first published in Lexology Panoramic: Cartel Regulation 2026 (published in September 2025; Contributing Editor: Neil Campbell, McMillan LLP)
"Deep Dive into Shifting Alliances: Lack of Stable Control Leads to Negative Clearance in the Midas Acquisition"
Article by Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, Ebru İnce, Evgeniya Havvanur Deveci and Çağla Sarıbay, Concurrences e-Competitions News Issue, November 2025