Google has stopped issuing licenses for new Android mobile phone models sold in Turkey, meaning those devices will not have its services, according to a Reuters report
The ban comes just over a year after the country's regulator fined Google $17.4 million for antitrust violations. 
Although Google responded by amending its agreements with its business partners, the country's regulator continued to disallow changes to the phones' default search engine.
In a statement, Google said it has told its business partners that it will not approve licensing applications for new Android phones in the Turkish market. This means they will not have access to the Google Play Store or apps such as Gmail and YouTube. However, Google clarified that existing models will not be affected by the decision and will continue to be available for purchase.
"Existing devices and apps will continue to function and receive updates as normal," the company said in a statement.
Google said it is currently working with the country's regulator to resolve the situation and has asked its business partners to pressure Turkey's trade minister and the country's competition authority to reconsider their decision.
"We understand that this creates difficulties for consumers, manufacturers, app developers and mobile operators in Turkey, but we expect to have a decision from the TCA soon," Google said.
The company said it has already changed its contract to offer “even more flexibility around how [manufacturers] pre-install Google apps to monetize their devices.”.
Turkey's competition authority began its investigation into Google in 2017, when Russian rival Yandex filed a complaint against it. Following an investigation, the regulator issued a fine to Google in September 2018 and gave the company six months to resolve the problems it had identified.
However, following the changes Google made to its contracts in August 2019, in November the competition regulator deemed these changes insufficient and imposed an additional fine (0.05% of Google's revenue per day) until these issues were resolved.
