Turkey’s competition authority announced November 2 that it has opened an investigation into Google’s AI Overviews and AI Mode and ordered interim protections for news publishers.
The official notice dates the interim decision to October 8, 2026—not the announcement date. The investigation will determine whether the search features violate Turkish competition law.
The measure requires conditions that avoid discrimination among publishers, reflect the economic value of content use and let publishers make AI-content choices independently of their visibility and indexing in other Google services.
In its accompanying explanation, the authority says publishers should not have to risk search visibility to decline AI-summary use. It leaves Google to choose its implementation and commercial approach; it does not announce a fixed payment rate or ban AI search.
For broadcast newsrooms and other news publishers, the business issue is control over content without sacrificing audience discovery. This is Turkish interim competition action—not a final infringement finding, a copyright judgment or a new U.S. licensing obligation.
RNN found no Google response in the sources reviewed. The authority’s notice does not specify a compliance deadline.
Related: UK opens competition probe into Meta’s publisher terms.