Turkish Competition Authority opens investigation into Google's AI summaries
The Competition Board opened an investigation to examine whether Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode features violate competition rules. At its meeting dated 08.10.2026, the Board also imposed an interim measure over discriminatory and exploitative conduct toward news publishers. The measure requires that the terms for using news content be arranged fairly and in a way that reflects economic value.
This summary was generated by AI; the official source prevails.
What does it mean?
The investigation examines whether Google's AI summaries in search results reduce traffic to news sites. It also examines whether the content-use contracts Google has with news publishers are fair. The interim measure asks Google to set the conditions for using news content so that it does not discriminate among publishers.
Who is affected?
News publishers, other content creators, and AI chat assistants.