M. Haluk ARI

After graduating from Ankara University Faculty of Law, he completed LLM, International Competition Law & Policy from University of East Anglia, UK.

He worked in Turkish Competition Authority as Competition Expert. He also took a role in team for the preparation of the Regulation on Fines and Leniency Regulation, the Communiqué No: 2008/2 (Block Exemption Communiqué on Technology Transfer Agreements) and the Guidelines of this Communiqué, the Guidelines on Certain Subcontracting Agreements between Non-competitors, the Block Exemption Communiqué 2005/4 (Block Exemption Communiqué on Vertical Agreements and Concerted Practices in the Motor Vehicles Sector) and the Explanatory Brochure of this Communiqué.

Haluk Arı is fluent in English.

Conferences, Symposiums, Speeches

• 18 May 2017 – Presumption of Concerted Practice:  Are past days back? Bilgi University, Applied Competition Law Seminar, Istanbul
• 3 March 2016 – Assessment of the Turkish Competition Board’s Approach to RPM Bilgi University, Applied Competition Law Seminar, Istanbul
• 11 March 2015 – Does a new period start for Concentrations? A view on Recent decisions of the Competition Authority Bilgi University, Applied Competition Law Seminar, Istanbul
• 24 February 2015 – Debates on Revision of Motor Vehicle Communique no. 2005/4 (Panel organized by Association of Competition and Association of Competition Experts); Competition Authority, Ankara
• 2 May 2014 – The World of Competition Law argues: Draft Competition Law and Draft Penalty Regulations, Panel on Changes, Istanbul Bar Association
• 30 April 2014 – Competition Law of the Administrative Jurisdiction:  Turkcell, Biletix, Türk Telekom, Turkish Airlines and others, Bilgi University, Applied Competition Law Seminar, İstanbul
• 27 February 2014 – What Draft Penalty Law of the Competition Authority will bring? Changes and Threats (Panel organized by Association of Competition and Association of Competition Experts); Competition Authority, Ankara
• 30 April 2013 – Information Exchange, Market Transparency and Competition, Association of Competition, Ankara
• 6 March 2013 – Information exchange in Turkish Competition Law: What has changed following automotive decision? Bilgi University, Applied Competition Law Seminar, İstanbul
• 27 May 2008 – Penalties and Repentance Programs TUSIAD; Istanbul
• 29 April 2008 – Review of Draft Law on protection of Competition in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Nicosia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
• 11 March 2008 – Current Discussions on prevention of cartels: Penalties and Repentance Programs, Association of Competition, Ankara
• 11 May 2007 – New Block Exemption Regime in Automotive Sector, TUSIAD; Istanbul (published as a book by TUSIAD)
• 29 June 2007 – Discussions on Block Exemption in Technology Transfer Agreements and Contract Manufacturing, TUSIAD, Istanbul (published as a book by TUSIAD)

Publications

• 7 December 2012 – Symposium III: Analysis of Competition Authority’s Decisions on Exemption, Decisions of the Board on Competition Law and rulings, Research Institute of Banking and Commercial Law
• 6 May 2011 – Issues in Cartel Investigations concerning Evidence, a part of Symposium IV on Current developments in Competition Law, Erciyes University with Benan KIRMIZIGUL- Published by the Competition Authority
• November 2009 – Effective Enforcement Policy in Competition Law, Themis, Kılıç and Terazi, New Period in Enforcement Policy in Competition Law: Directives on Penalties and Repentance, XII, Levha Publications, Istanbul, November 2009
• October 2009 – Penalty Regulations of the Competition Authority, Footsteps of a New Era, with Esin AYGÜN, Competition Journal, Vol. 10 No:4 October 2009 (40th issue)
• June 2009 – Recent Developments in the Enforcement of Turkish Competition Law: Fines and Leniency Regulation, Global Competition Policy, June 09 (1),
• 17-18 April 2009 – Reconciliation and Commitment in Competition Law, Symposium VII on Current Developments in Competition Law, Erciyes University with Gökşin KEKEVİ and Esin AYGÜN – Published by the Competition Authority
• 4-5 April 2008 – Evaluation of the Power of the Competition Authority to enact a directive concerning fines described in the law, no.5728 in terms of its Legality in Crime and Penalty
• Evaluation of Penalties imposed on Cartels by the Competition Authority, Symposium VI on Current Developments in Competition Law, Erciyes University with Gökşin KEKEVİ and Esin AYGÜN – Published by the Competition Authority
• February 2007 – A new era in Automotive Sector: What has the Communique 2005/4 brought? Panel on Block Exemption in Automotive Sector- The text of the communique presented in Erzurum was published in the 6th issue of Magazine Otoban of February-March 2007
• October 2006 – Block Exemption Regulations no.1400/2002: Outcomes of Four Years of Practice, Panel on Block Exemption in Automotive Sector-The text of the communique presented in Erzurum was published in the 6th issue of Magazine Otoban of October-November 2006.
• October 2006 – Enforcement on Cartels: A Framework Study from Legal and Economic Perspective, Journal of Competition, Vol.7, No.28
• September 2004: “Dominant Position and Its Abuse: The Practice in Turkey”, Ankara, Journal of European Studies, Vol. 3 No: 2 Spring/2004
• September 2003 – His thesis called “Exclusivity and Regional Restrictions in Patent License Agreements was published as a book by the Competition Authority
• April 2002 – Application of Penalties in European Union Competition Law”, Journal of Competition, Vol.3, No.10