Speeches & Publications
Periodical by Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, Harun Gündüz and Can Yıldırım
This article appeared in the 2026 Edition of Competition Litigation Comparative Guide; published by Mondaq (contributing editors: Sonia Kuester Pfaffenroth and C. Scott Lent), February 2026
Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, our founding partner and head of ELIG Gürkaynak’s competition law and regulatory team, spoke at the "Dynamic Competition Analysis in Competition Law" conference organized by UCL Faculty of Laws on November 19, 2025. He explained the Innovation Considerations in Merger Control in the context of the Draghi Report. Also speaking with him were Mr. Jacques Steenbergen (Professor Emeritus, Law Faculty, KU Leuven) who moderated the panel, and the other speakers included Mr. Daniele Calisti (Head of Unit, DG Comp, European Commission), Mr. Nikita Divissenko (Assistant Professor in Law & Technology, Utrecht University), Ms. Eleanor Fox (Professor of Trade Regulation Emerita, NYU), Mr. Ioannis Lianos (Professor of Global Competition Law and Public Policy, Faculty of Laws, UCL), Mr. Stavros Makris (Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Laws, UCL), Mr. Deni Mantzari (Associate Professor in Competition Law and Policy, UCL) and Ms. Fiona Scott Morton (Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management).
Article by Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, Öznur İnanılır, Esma Aktaş and Özge Sıla Söğütlü
Mondaq, January 29, 2026
"Fuel Market Overhaul: Conditional Approval to Türkiye’s Major Fuel Distributors" (Article by Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, Harun Gündüz and Can Yıldırım), The Legal Industry Reviews Vol. 10. N°1, January 2026.
Article by Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, Selen Ermanlı Sakar and Kubilay Doruk Çetin
Mondaq, January 6, 2026
Article by Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, O. Onur Özgümüş, Efe Oker and G. Irmak Kiçki
Mondaq, January 5, 2026
"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