1. WHAT IS A COOKIE POLICY?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. These files store data such as your IP address, session information, accessed pages, etc. Through cookies, website preferences can be remembered, your session can be kept active, or content that interests you can be presented.
Cookies are divided into different types according to criteria such as storage duration on mobile devices and who placed them.
2. PURPOSE OF THE COOKIE POLICY
The Cookie Policy has been prepared to inform website users about cookies and the types of cookies used, and to guide them on how to manage cookie preferences. Like many websites, our company uses cookies and similar technologies to improve visitors’ browsing experience and increase service quality.
3. COOKIES USED ON OUR WEBSITE
Different types of cookies may be used on our website to provide you with services. We would like to state that all cookies used comply with the Personal Data Protection Law provisions. In this context, the cookies used on our site are as follows.
A- COOKIE TYPES BY USAGE:
Mandatory Cookies: These cookies are absolutely necessary for the proper functioning of the website. These cookies are needed to manage the system and prevent fraudulent transactions, and the website will not work if they are blocked.
Functional Cookies: These are cookies used to provide you with an enhanced and easier user experience. For example, they serve functions like remembering your previous preferences and allowing you easy access to certain content on the website.
Analytics/Performance Cookies: These cookies enable us to analyze and understand how the website works and improve the website by interacting with you.
Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to present you with content, including advertising content, that may interest you. However, blocking these cookies will not completely block advertising content; instead of advertisements that might interest you, general content advertisements will be shown.
B- COOKIE TYPES BY STORAGE DURATION:
Persistent Cookies: These are cookies that persist on a person’s computer until a specific date or until deleted by the user. These cookies are mostly used to measure users’ site movements and preferences.
Session Cookies: These cookies are used to divide the user’s visit into sessions and do not collect data from the user. The cookie is deleted when the user closes the web page they visited or remains passive for a certain period. Third-party targeting and tracking cookies are used to help third parties provide services, primarily advertising services, on the website and to increase the effectiveness of these services. These cookies can remember the web pages and sites you visit and collect personal data, primarily the IP address of the user’s device. The website uses both first-party and third-party cookies to collect information, remember your interests and demographic data, present you with targeted advertisements, improve advertisements, determine the number of visits and ad impressions, other uses of advertising services, and the ratio between these ad impressions and advertising services and related interactions.
4. CHANGING COOKIE PREFERENCES
Many web browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. However, you have the option to change your cookie preferences. In this context, you can block the use of certain cookies. If you do not approve the use of cookies, we kindly request that you either do not continue to the website or change your cookie preferences as shown in this Policy.
Below is information on what steps should be followed to prevent the use of cookies through different internet browsers:
– Internet Explorer
- Open the desktop and touch or click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar.
- Touch or click the Tools button and Internet Options.
- Touch or click the Privacy tab, then move the slider up under Settings to block all cookies, and touch or click OK.
– Microsoft Edge
- Click the three dots in the top right corner of your Microsoft Edge browser and go to Settings.
- From the new window that appears, select Choose What to Clear, then select the sections you want to clear from the window that appears.
- There are many sections here. You can start the clearing process by selecting what you want.
– Google Chrome
- Open Chrome on your computer.
- Click More Settings at the top right.
- Click Advanced at the bottom.
- Click Content Settings under “Privacy and security”.
- Click Cookies.
- Search for the Website name under “All cookies and site data”.
- Click the Remove icon on the right side of the site.
– Mozilla Firefox
- Click the Firefox Menu button and select Options.
- Select the Privacy & Security panel and go to the History section.
- Change Firefox settings to use custom settings for history.
- Click the Show Cookies… button. The Cookies window will appear.
- In the Search field, type the name of the site whose cookies you want to remove. Cookies matching your search will be displayed.
- Select the cookie(s) you want to delete and click Remove Selected.
- Click Close to close the Cookies window. Then close the about:preferences page.
– Safari
- Select Safari > Preferences.
- Click Privacy.
- Click Website Data.
- Select one or more websites and click Remove or Remove All.
You can learn detailed information about removing cookies by following the instructions given in your internet browser’s “help” file or by visiting “www.allaboutcookies.org” or “www.youronlinechoices.eu“. If you reject persistent cookies or session cookies, you can continue to use the website, but you may not have access to all functions of the website or your access may be limited.