Ankara, November 25, 2025 — The Turkish authority has imposed a TRY 282.4 million (approximately $6.6 million) fine on Coca-Cola Satış ve Dağıtım AŞ after inspectors determined that a company manager deleted electronic data during a dawn raid, constituting obstruction of an on-site inspection.
The Competition Board found that during the inspection on October 7, 2025, an employee erased information from a device after the inspection had formally begun — conduct that the authority emphasised is strictly prohibited. Under the law, inspectors may review physical and digital records, take copies, and request statements from employees, who must not delete or alter data once the inspection starts.
The Board noted that on-site inspections are a critical enforcement tool and underscored that attempts to prevent or hinder them can lead to administrative fines of up to 0.5% of an undertaking’s turnover. The fine imposed on Coca-Cola reflects 0.5% of its 2024 gross revenues.
The authority reiterated that inspections are limited solely to work-related materials and that private data are excluded from review, adding that modern forensic tools allow investigators to easily detect deletions or tampering.
