Cookie Policy

When you visit our website, read information, download, or click on headings, we obtain certain information about you, your device or the way you use our website. Depending on the device you use, we also use pixel tags and cookies that transfer cookie files to your device. You can find more detailed information on this subject below.

Cookies and similar technologies (“Cookies”) allow us to improve our website for our visitors and to make continuous improvements so that the information on our web pages stays up to date and remains relevant and useful to you. Your personal data is processed through cookies by the data controller, Çiltuğ A. Ş.

When you first visit our website, you are presented with a screen regarding your cookie preferences. On this screen, the relevant cookies are stored in your browser/device in accordance with the cookies you have permitted. Comprehensive information about pixel tags and cookies is provided under the headings below:

Pixel Tags
We use “pixel tags”, which are small graphic files that allow us to monitor the use of websites. A pixel tag may collect information such as the IP (internet protocol) address of the computer that downloaded the page on which the tag appears, the URL (uniform resource locator) of the page on which the pixel tag appears, the number of times the pixel page was viewed, and the identification number of any cookie previously placed on the computer by the server.

Cookies
A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of your computer's browser so that it can remember who you are. Cookies allow content to be set up to match your preferred interests.
A cookie usually contains the name of the domain the cookie came from, the cookie's “lifetime” and a value, which is a randomly generated unique number.

Two types of cookies are used on this website:
• Session cookies, which are temporary cookies that remain in your browser's cookie file until you leave the website, and Session Cookies,
• Persistent cookies, which remain longer in your browser's cookie file Persistent Cookies (how long they remain depends on the lifetime of the specific cookie).

Session Cookies
• To allow you to carry information between pages on our website without having to re-enter it,
• Used, upon registration, to give you access to stored information.

Persistent Cookies
• To remember you as a unique visitor using a number when you return to our website,
• To tailor our content and advertisements to your preferred interests, or to avoid showing you the same advertisement repeatedly,
• Used to understand how our users use our website and to compile anonymous, aggregate statistics that help us improve the structure of our website.
Cookies may be created by the website you visit (first-party cookies) or by third parties (third-party cookies).

For more information about cookies in general and how they are managed, please visit www.aboutcookies.org .

Purposes of Data Processing Through Cookies
Cookies are used for the purposes of ensuring that your visit to our website is carried out properly and that your information is remembered on your next visit, improving the functioning and content of the site, statistically evaluating site usage, presenting the content on the site in the most effective way for you and your device, and offering users customised services and advertisements in line with their preferences and usage habits, and your data is processed for these purposes.

You can find the list of the main cookies we use and information on the purposes for which we use them in the list below. You can find information about third-party cookies in the next tab.

Web Beacon
Some of our websites may contain electronic images called web beacons (sometimes also referred to as clear gifs) that allow us to count the users who have visited these web pages. Web beacons collect a limited amount of information, including the cookie name, the date and time the page was viewed, and a description of the web page on which the web beacon is placed.

Legal Grounds for the Use of Cookies and Methods of Collecting Cookies
Your personal data collected through cookies is processed on the legal grounds set out in Article 5 of the Personal Data Protection Law, namely that data processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right, and that data processing is necessary for our legitimate interests. In addition, you are asked whether you give your explicit consent to the use of certain cookies. If you permit the use of the relevant cookies, your personal data is processed on the legal ground of the data subject's explicit consent.
Some of the companies providing cookie services are based abroad, and if the relevant cookies are used, some of your personal data is transferred abroad. For this reason, your explicit consent is requested for the use of the relevant cookies and the transfer of your data abroad in this context.
Your personal data is collected through cookies via our website by automated means.

Managing Cookies – Blocking & Deleting Cookies
You can accept or block cookies by changing the settings in your browser or by selecting your website cookie preferences. However, if cookies are blocked, you may not be able to use all the interactive features of our website. Guidance on whether cookies are enabled is provided below:

Instructions for Configuring and Customising the Cookie Settings of Your Browser
Managing Internet Explorer Cookies:
In most versions of Internet Explorer, you can access the cookie settings by clicking Tools and then the Privacy tab.

Managing Cookies in Microsoft Edge
You can configure the cookie settings in Microsoft Edge by clicking More and then the Settings icon.

Managing Cookies in Firefox
Cookie settings in Firefox are managed in the Windows Privacy Panel.

Managing Cookies in Chrome
Click the wrench icon on the toolbar, select Settings, click the Under the Hood tab and click Content Settings in the Privacy section.

Managing Cookies in Opera
You can manage cookies in Opera by clicking Settings, Preferences, Advanced and finally Cookies, in that order.

Managing Cookies in Safari
Select Safari, then Preferences, and click Security. You can now specify whether Safari should accept cookies.

Managing Cookies on Your Mobile Phone
Refer to your mobile phone's user guide or manual.

Deleting Cookies
You can easily delete cookies installed in your browser's cookie file. For example, if you are using Microsoft Windows Explorer:
Open ‘Windows Explorer’,
Click the “Search” button on the toolbar,
Type “cookie” in the search box for “Folders and Files”,
Select “My Computer” in the ‘Look in’ box,
Click the ‘Search Now’ button,
Double-click the folders found,
Press the “Select” button to select any cookie file.
Press the ‘Delete’ key on your keyboard,
If you are not using Microsoft Windows Explorer, select “cookies” in the “Help” function for information on how to find your cookie folder.

Your Rights

Personal Data Protection Law, Article 11, sets out the rights of data subjects. Pursuant to this article, you have the following rights:
• To learn whether your personal data is being processed,
• To request information if your personal data has been processed,
• To learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether it is used in line with that purpose,
• To know the third parties in Türkiye or abroad to whom your personal data has been transferred,
• To request the rectification of your personal data if it has been processed incompletely or inaccurately, and to request that the action taken in this regard be notified to third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred,
• To request the deletion or destruction of your personal data if the reasons requiring its processing no longer exist, even though it has been processed in accordance with the Law and other relevant legal provisions, and to request that the actions taken in this regard, and in the event that your personal data has been processed incompletely or inaccurately, be notified to third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred,
• To object to any outcome to your detriment arising from the analysis of your processed data exclusively by automated systems,
• To claim compensation for damages if you suffer damage due to the unlawful processing of your personal data.

You may also submit your requests to us using the other methods set out in the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller.