Turkey Fines Google IDR 1.3 Trillion For Violating Competition Law

JAKARTA Turkey's competition authority has imposed a fine of 2.61 billion lira (approximately IDR 1.3 trillion) on Google, Alphabet Inc's parent company, for violating competition laws in the ad server service market.

In a statement on Friday, December 13, the regulator stated that Google is taking advantage of its dominant position to prioritize its supply-side platform (SSP) services compared to competitors. This action is said to complicate Google's competitor operations.

Regulators also ordered Google to ensure within six months that competitors are not disadvantaged and provide third-party SSP services with the same conditions as those applied to Google's own services.

With an exchange rate of 1 US dollar equal to 34.9456 lires, the fine is equivalent to 75 million US dollars.

Google has not commented on this decision.