Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your device through your browser when you visit a website. Cookies may be used to operate the website, remember your preferences, analyze site usage and provide a better user experience.

Cookies may be divided, according to their retention period, into session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser; persistent cookies, on the other hand, may be stored on your device for a certain period.

Cookies may also be classified, according to the party placing them, as first-party and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are placed by the website you visit; third-party cookies, on the other hand, may be placed by third parties or platforms from whom services are obtained.

In addition to cookies, websites may use the local storage areas of your browser (localStorage and sessionStorage). Technically these records are not cookies and are not sent to the server automatically; they are stored only on your device. For the sake of transparency, this policy declares the local records used by our site together with the cookies.

Mandatory cookies are the cookies necessary for the website to operate securely and properly, and as a rule they are not subject to explicit consent. On our site the only cookie within this scope is telemetry_consent, which remembers the decision you express in the cookie banner; without it your preference would have to be requested again on every page.

No functional cookies are used. The remembering of certain choices you make in the interface (for example, dismissing the public holiday notice) is provided not by cookies but by your browser's local storage areas. These records are shown separately in the list below; they remain on your device and are not sent to the server.

Analytical and performance cookies are used to understand how visitors use the website and to analyze the pages viewed, the time spent on the page, scroll depth, and click and referral information. These cookies are activated only if you give your explicit consent in the cookie banner.

For the sake of clarity, it must be stated that the data obtained through analytical cookies is not evaluated collectively or statistically only. It is also evaluated at the level of the individual visitor: by means of the vid correlation cookie, the different visits, pages viewed and interactions of the same visitor are combined into a single visitor history and may be displayed in that form in the firm's password-protected administration panel.

Furthermore, when a visitor who has given explicit consent clicks one of the WhatsApp, telephone or email links on the site, an automatic notification email is sent to the firm. That email contains the type of link clicked, the address of the page in question, the city and country derived from the IP address, the name of the internet service provider, the device type, and a link that opens the relevant visitor history. A detailed explanation is set out under the heading "Website Analytics and Visitor-Level Evaluation" in the KVKK Privacy Notice.

Below, all records that our website writes to your device are listed with their name, type, duration and purpose. The list covers all of the records the site actually uses.

Cookies:

telemetry_consent · first-party cookie (path=/, SameSite=Lax, Secure on https connections) · 365 days if accepted, 180 days if declined · record of the acceptance or refusal you express in the cookie banner · mandatory; it does not require explicit consent, because it is necessary in order to remember your preference.

vid · first-party cookie (httpOnly, Secure, SameSite=Lax) · 1 year · visitor correlation identifier; combines your page views and interactions into a single visitor history · written only where explicit consent is present; deleted when consent is withdrawn.

Records kept in browser local storage (localStorage) — these records remain on your device until you or your browser delete them:

g_seen · localStorage · until you or your browser delete it · to determine whether the visit belongs to a new visitor · consent-based analytics; deleted when consent is withdrawn.

holiday-notice-dismissed · localStorage · for the public holiday on which it was dismissed; deleted automatically on your next visit · to prevent the public holiday notice from reappearing on the same day · mandatory interface state; it does not require explicit consent and is not sent to the server.

Records kept in browser session storage (sessionStorage) — these records are deleted when you close the tab:

g_sid and g_sid_t · sessionStorage · until the tab is closed; the session is renewed after 30 minutes of inactivity · analytics session identifier and time of last activity · consent-based analytics; deleted when consent is withdrawn.

gp-okuma-sorusu-ertelendi · sessionStorage · until the tab is closed · to prevent the question dialog shown at the end of an article from being asked again in the same session if you select "Later" · mandatory interface state.

Records beginning with the prefix viewed: (a separate one for each article) · sessionStorage · until the tab is closed · to prevent the view counter of the same article from being increased more than once in the same session · mandatory; contains no personal data.

On our website, cookies may be used for the purposes of ensuring the secure and proper operation of the site, performing basic site functions, remembering user preferences, analyzing site traffic and usage habits, contributing to the improvement of content and the user experience, and detecting misuse, technical errors and security risks.

The data obtained through cookies is processed only in a manner connected with, limited to and proportionate to the relevant purpose.

Mandatory cookies and the local records marked above as "mandatory interface state" do not require explicit consent, because they are necessary for the operation of the website and for remembering your preferences.

All analytical cookies and records (vid, g_seen, g_sid, g_sid_t), on the other hand, are based on YOUR EXPLICIT CONSENT pursuant to Article 5/1 of the KVKK. If you do not give consent, none of them is created; when you withdraw your consent, those that exist are deleted.

The technical records kept for the prevention of misuse, explained below, are based on the legitimate interest of the data controller pursuant to Article 5/2-f of the KVKK.

If you select "Decline" in the cookie banner, no analytics data is collected and no record for analytics purposes is written to your device. By contrast, there are two technical operations carried out independently of consent, for the operation of the site and the prevention of misuse.

Article view counter: when you open an article, the view count of that article is increased by one. Only the address of the article and the total count are held in the database; no information that could be associated with you is recorded.

Rate-limiting record: in order to prevent the counter from being inflated by automated requests, the number of requests within a 10-minute window is counted. Your IP address is not stored in the clear in this record; the IP address is combined with a value that changes daily, hashed with SHA-256, and only this irreversible hash is kept. The records are deleted within two days at the latest.

The easiest way is the site's own consent banner. On your first visit you may select "Accept" or "Decline" in the cookie banner that appears at the bottom of the screen. If you later wish to change your decision, it is sufficient to click the "Cookie preferences" button in the footer of every page; the button reopens the banner and shows the preference currently in force.

When you select "Decline", the decision takes effect immediately: analytics transmission stops, the vid correlation cookie is deleted, and the analytics records kept in your browser (g_seen, g_sid, g_sid_t) are removed. You do not need to go into your browser settings for this.

If you wish, you may also manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings, delete existing cookies, or prevent new cookies from being stored on your device. Most browsers are set to accept cookies automatically; you may change these settings from your browser's privacy and security menu.

You may generally access cookie settings through the following menus: Google Chrome — Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data; Mozilla Firefox — Settings > Privacy & Security; Safari — Preferences > Privacy; Microsoft Edge — Settings > Cookies and site permissions.

If you disable cookies entirely, some sections or functions of our website may not work properly.

No third-party cookies are used on our website. There are no third-party advertising, marketing or external analytics scripts on the site; all of the records listed above are first-party records.

Third-party service providers are nevertheless used in order to operate the site: hosting is provided by Vercel Inc., visit and interaction records are stored in a managed PostgreSQL database service, emails are sent through Resend, and, for visits where explicit consent has been given, the operator corresponding to the IP address is obtained from the ipinfo.io lookup service. These providers do not write cookies to your device; the related data processing activities are explained under the heading "Transfer of Personal Data" in the KVKK Privacy Notice.

If third-party cookies or similar technologies are used in the future, this policy will be updated and such cookies will be activated only in accordance with the relevant legislation.

Where personal data is processed through cookies, this data is processed by Günser + Partners Law & Consultancy within the framework of the principles, purposes and legal grounds set out in the KVKK Privacy Notice. You may access detailed information regarding the processing of your personal data via the KVKK Privacy Notice.

Visit and interaction records created through cookies are kept in the database for a maximum of 12 months; at the end of that period they are permanently deleted by an automated clean-up job that runs once a day. Rate-limiting records kept for misuse prevention are deleted within two days at the latest.

Günser + Partners Law & Consultancy may update this Cookie Policy in line with changes in legislation, technical updates on the website, or changes in service processes. Changes made to the policy take effect on the date they are published on the website; you may access the current Cookie Policy via this page at any time.