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

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