Bahadır Balkı is the Managing Partner of ACTECON. Bahadır holds an LLM degree in European economic law from Europa-Institut at Saarland University, Germany, and is admitted to the Istanbul Bar Association. He serves as an ambassador of the Value of Competition programme by Oxford University’s Centre for Competition Law and Policy. His academic contributions include co-authoring Merger Control in the EU and Turkey — A Comparative Guide, published by Wolters Kluwer, which presents the first comprehensive analysis of the relationship between EU and Turkish merger control law and practice. He also lectures in the corporate ethics and compliance management programme organised by the Ethics and Reputation Society of Turkey. His strategic leadership has helped establish ACTECON as a Tier 1 competition law practice recognised by The Legal 500, representing major clients including Meta, EssilorLuxottica, Mondelez and Coca-Cola in complex and high-profile transactions and investigations.
Publications
Co-author of the Türkiye chapter in the Foreign Direct Investment Law Guide , published 20 October 2026 , alongside Erdem Aktekin .
Co-author of the Türkiye chapter in the Merger Control Law Guide , published 14 July 2026 , alongside Erdem Aktekin .