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BASEAK - Balcıoğlu Selçuk Eymirlioğlu Ardıyok Keki (Istanbul) Associate Elif Naz Semercioğlu is an associate at Balcıoğlu Selçuk Eymirlioğlu Ardıyok Keki, based in the firm’s Istanbul office. She advises clients on competition and antitrust issues. Her expertise includes merger control analysis, exemption evaluations, compliance programs, competition investigations, and data protection compliance.

Estimated reading time: 1 min Significant legislative amendments directly affecting the Turkish Competition Authority’s merger control regime entered into force on 11 February 2026. In this context, notable updates have been introduced primarily to Communiqué No. 2010/4 on Mergers Control, as well as to the Notification Form annexed thereto and certain guidelines shaping the practice.

BASEAK - Balcıoğlu Selçuk Eymirlioğlu Ardıyok Keki (Istanbul) Associate Cansu is an associate with BASEAK, based in the firm’s Istanbul. She advises clients on a wide range of competition and antitrust matters including but not limited to multijurisdictional merger control analysis, negative exemption/individual exemption analysis, preparation and execution of compliance programs, preparation of written and oral defenses of Turkish and multinational companies in competition investigations.