Turkey fines Google $75 million for violating competition law


FILE PHOTO The logo of Google is seen outside Google Bay View facilities during the Made by Google event in Mountain View California U.S. August 13 2024.  REUTERSManuel OrbegozoFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen outside Google Bay View facilities during the Made by Google event in Mountain View, California, U.S. August 13, 2024. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo/File Photo

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's competition authority has fined Alphabet Inc's Google 2.61 billion lira ($75 million), for taking advantage of its dominant position in ad server services market, the regulator said in a statement on Friday.

The antitrust body said Google has favored its own supply-side platform (SSP) service over rivals and that move made its competitors' operations difficult.

Google must ensure within six months that competitors are not disadvantaged and provide third-party SSPs similar conditions that are applied to its own services, the regulator added.

($1 = 34.9456 liras)

(Reporting by Ezgi Erkoyun; Editing by Ece Toksabay)

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