About
Dr. Ekrem Kalkan is Competition Economics Counsel at ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law; he joined ELIG in April 2016 after more than 18 years in senior roles at the Turkish Competition Authority, including Director of Economic Research and Head of the Department of Economic Analysis and Research. He is a leading figure in competition economics in Turkey with extensive experience in complex antitrust investigations, merger notifications and clearances, cartel enforcement, academic publication, and the development of secondary legislation and training programmes for competition law.
Practice area
Competition
Office
Expertise
Competition EconomicsAntitrust InvestigationsMerger ControlCartel EnforcementCompetition Policy and LegislationEconomic ResearchTraining and Capacity Building
Education
- PhD in Economics (Applied Industrial Organisation and Competition Policy), Middle East Technical University (2010)
- MSc in Economics of Competition and Regulation, Tilburg University (2009)
- MSc in Economics, University of Montreal (2000)
- BSc in Economics, Middle East Technical University (1997)
Languages
EnglishFrench