Privacy policy
The Turkish text of this legal document is authoritative. The English text is a courtesy translation provided for convenience; if there is any discrepancy, the Turkish text prevails.
This page explains what information is processed when you visit this website and how it is protected. Details on the processing of personal data are in the Privacy Notice, and cookies are covered in the Cookie Policy.
1. About the site
This website is operated by Merve Tekeş Akkoç, Attorney at Law, registered with the Ankara Bar Association. Contact: Eti Mah. Toros Sk. No: 15/3 Çankaya/Ankara, +90 505 687 04 32, av.mervetekes@gmail.com.
2. What information is processed
- Contact form: name and surname, telephone, email (optional), subject (optional) and message text; the record of confirmation of the privacy notice and an irreversible hash of the IP address.
- Email, telephone and WhatsApp: the information you share if you reach us through these channels.
- Server logs: when you visit the site, technical records such as IP address, browser information, the page visited and the time of the visit may be created on the hosting provider’s servers. These records are for keeping the site secure and working.
The site has no membership or payment; ID numbers or bank details are not requested.
3. What is not used on the site
- Analytics and statistics tools that track visitor behaviour (e.g. Google Analytics)
- Advertising and retargeting cookies, social media tracking codes (e.g. Facebook Pixel)
- External font services: fonts are loaded from the site’s own server; Google Fonts is not used
4. Third-party services
- Google Maps (Contact page): the map is not loaded unless you press the “Show map” button. When you press the button, your browser connects to Google’s servers; Google receives technical information such as your IP address and may use its own cookies. These processes are subject to Google’s privacy policy.
- WhatsApp, Instagram, telephone and directions links: when you click these links, the relevant application or site (WhatsApp, Instagram, your phone app, Google Maps) opens and its own privacy terms apply. No information is sent to these services unless you click.
- Email: our email address is on Google (Gmail) infrastructure. Messages you send through the contact form are forwarded to this address as a notification; when you write by email, your message is also stored on Google’s servers.
5. Sharing of information
Your information is not shared or sold for marketing or commercial purposes. Sharing is limited to hosting of the site (Hostinger), email service (Google) and, where legally required, competent public authorities. Details are in the “Transfer of data” section of the Privacy Notice.
6. Retention and security
Contact form messages are kept on the server for at most 1 year from the date they are received and are then deleted; notification copies forwarded to the email inbox are kept for the necessary period. The connection to the site is encrypted (HTTPS) and form records are kept in a folder not directly accessible from the internet. Reasonable technical and administrative measures are taken to protect information against unauthorised access, loss and alteration; however, no absolute guarantee can be given for the security of information transmitted over the internet.
7. Your rights
Your rights under the KVKK and the method of application are in the “Your rights” and “Method of application” sections of the Privacy Notice.
8. Children
The site is not intended for persons under 18 and information is not knowingly collected from them. If you notice that information about a minor has been shared, you can request its deletion.
9. Changes
This page is updated when necessary. The current version is always published on this page, and the date above shows the last update.