Explaining the Situation of Iran and Turkey in International Competition Law

The present study seeks to compare the situation of Iran and Turkey in the international competition law. Regarding the competition law of Turkey, which contains new rules such as Article 59 of the Law on Protection of Competition, explain the different approach of the Iranian legislator. In Iran, competition law is nascent, while Turkey has done more. For example, the budget of the Turkish Competition Organization is a fixed percentage of the remuneration paid to the government by private companies, but in Iran it is part of the state budget. In spite of the existence of appropriate grounds for the compilation of competition law and the prohibition of the procedures referred to before the adoption of Chapter 9 on Amendments to the Law of the Fourth Economic, Social and Cultural Development Program and the general policies of Article 44 in the Constitution, we could consider a number of prohibitions about these procedures. Anti corruption procedures in Iran have not been identified and presented by the authorities for lack of coherent law. The main question of the article is What is the situation of Iran and Turkey in the international competition law in terms of drafting the rules of this area and their implementation? The main hypothesis also is that Turkey has made more progress than Iran in terms of its formulation and implementation, by taking further steps in international competition law such as drafting laws and allocating funds, although there are some challenges yet. The research method is legal-comparative.