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On April 7, 2026, Turkey's Competition Authority (Rekabet Kurumu) announced the initiation of a comprehensive sector investigation into the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. The investigation responds to rapid developments in AI that have created a new competitive landscape centred around data, computing power, and platform ecosystems. The Competition Authority identified that the transformation driven by AI development has fundamentally redefined how competition is formed, sustained, and determined within markets. The sector investigation aims to evaluate the effects of this transformation on markets from a holistic perspective and to identify emerging competition risks in a timely manner. The inquiry will examine how the AI ecosystem is structured, the competitive dynamics at play, and potential regulatory implications arising from this new market configuration. This investigation reflects broader European and international regulatory attention to AI governance. It complements concurrent work by other authorities, including the European Data Protection Board's (EDPB) ongoing guidance development on personal data processing for scientific research purposes and the United Kingdom's Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum's (DRCF) study on agentic AI systems. The Competition Authority's focus on competition law aspects of AI development addresses gaps in understanding how market concentration, data access, and platform dominance may evolve within AI-driven markets. The investigation will inform potential future regulatory responses and competition enforcement priorities in Turkey's AI sector. Further details regarding the investigation's scope, timeline, and expected outcomes are to be determined as the inquiry progresses.