Turkiye: Competition Board announced investigation into Spotify's online music streaming practices compliance with Act on Protection of Competition

On 28 June 2025, the Competition Board opened an investigation into the online music streaming services provider Spotify. The investigation was launched to address allegations that Spotify caused anti-competitive effects in the music industry through the strategies and policies it implemented, potentially violating the Act on the Protection of Competition. The investigation will evaluate whether Spotify engaged in practices that complicate the operations of its rivals in the online music streaming services market, affected the distribution of the royalties paid to various parties within the framework of its licensing relationships, and discriminated between artists and content creators on the platform.