Google: stops supporting Turkish devices

Google stopped issuing licenses for new models of Android phones sold in Turkey, which means that these devices will not have them of, according to a Publication of Reuters.

The ban comes just a year after the country's regulator imposed a fine on Google. The fine was $ 17,4 million for violations of competition law. Google

Although Google responded by modifying its agreements with its business partners, the country's regulator continued to disallow changes to its default phone search engine.

In a statement, Google said it has told its business partners that it will not approve license applications for the new Android phones in the Turkish market. That means they won't have in the Google Play Store or in apps like Gmail and YouTube. However, Google clarified that existing models will not be affected by the decision and will still be available for purchase.

"Existing devices and applications will continue to operate and receive updates as usual," the company said in a statement.

Google said it is currently working with the country's regulatory authority to resolve the situation and has asked its business partners to pressure Turkey's Commerce Minister and the country's competition authority to reconsider their decision.

"We understand this is causing difficulties for consumers, manufacturers, developers and mobile providers in Turkey but we are soon expected to have a decision from the TCA," Google said.

The company said it has already changed its contract to provide "even more flexibility around how [manufacturers] pre-install Google apps to make money from their devices".

Turkey's competition authority began its investigation into Google in 2017, when the Russian rival company filed a complaint against her. After , the regulator issued a fine to Google in September 2018 and gave the company six months to fix the problems that had been identified.

However, following changes made by Google to its contracts in August 2019, in November the competition regulator ruled that these changes were insufficient and imposed an additional fine (0,05% of Google's revenue per day) until resolve these issues.

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