Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci has said he will meet Booking.com officials on June 22, nearly three months after the activities of the website were blocked in the country.
An Istanbul court on March 29 ordered the suspension of the activities of Booking.com in Turkey, citing accusations of unfair competition, following a lawsuit filed by the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB). The website, which had around 13,000 hotel members from Turkey, halted selling rooms in Turkey to Turkish users on March 30, one day after the court decided to block the website in the country.
Dozens of legal and real persons flocked to the courtroom to voice their opposition to the Booking.com ban, citing the losses they have incurred from the decision.