The control of mergers and acquisitions in EU and Turkish competition law

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2006
Aşkın, Mehmet Devrim
This thesis aims at examining the main motives for mergers and acquisitions with special reference to the effect of globalization on these business strategies and making a comparative analysis of the Turkish merger control rules with that of the EU and the Central and Eastern European Countries so as to evaluate to what extent the Turkish legislation is in harmony with the Community acquis and whether the EU membership process had the same effect on the introduction of merger control rules in Turkey and in these ex-candidate countries.

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M. D. Aşkın, “The control of mergers and acquisitions in EU and Turkish competition law,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2006.