Cookies are small pieces of information stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. It is generally used to provide you with a personalized experience when using the website you visit, to improve the services offered and to improve your experience, and can contribute to ease of use when navigating a website.
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF COOKIES?
Cookies are subject to various distinctions according to their lifetime, purpose of use and the owner of the cookie or the party placing the cookie.
| According to Lifespan | According to Purpose of Use | Depending on the Owner of the Cookie or the Party Placing the Cookie |
| Session cookiesPersistent cookies | Mandatory/Technical CookiesFunctional CookiesPerformance/Analytics CookiesAdvertising/Marketing Cookies | First Party CookiesThird Party Cookies |
COOKIES BY TYPE
Cookies by Lifespan
- Session Cookie: These are cookies that are created when you visit a website and are used throughout your visit and are valid until the browser window is closed. The purpose of such cookies is to ensure the continuity and security of your visit.
For example, it allows filling out online forms consisting of multiple pages.
- Persistent Cookies: Created when you first visit a website, they remain on your hard drive for a lifetime or until you delete them. The purpose of such cookies is to increase site functionality by providing a faster and better service to visitors.
For example, by remembering visitor preferences and determining the content to be delivered in line with these preferences.
Cookies According to Purpose of Use
- Mandatory/Technical Cookies: These are mandatory cookies for the website you visit to function properly. The purpose of such cookies is to provide necessary services by making the site work.
For example, it allows you to access secure sections of the website, use its features, and navigate on it.
- Functional Cookies: Saves the choices the visitor makes on the site and remembers them on the next visit. The purpose of such cookies is to provide ease of use to visitors.
For example, it prevents the site user from re-entering the user password on each page they visit.
- Performance/Analytical Cookies: They collect information about the usage pattern of the website, frequency and number of visits, and show how visitors navigate to the site. The purpose of using such cookies is to increase performance by improving the way the site operates and to determine the general trend direction. They do not contain data that can identify visitors.
For example, they show the number of error messages displayed or the most visited pages.
- Advertising/Marketing Cookies: They enable measuring the effectiveness of advertisements presented to visitors and calculating the number of times they are viewed. These cookies work by identifying users’ browsers and devices. The purpose of such cookies is to create profiles of visitors’ interests and to present users with customized advertisements on other websites.
Cookies According to the Owner of the Cookie or the Party Setting the Cookie
- First Party Cookies: These are cookies that are defined by the website you are visiting and can only be read by this site.
- Third Party Cookies: These are cookies that are identified by organizations other than the website you are visiting and enable reporting to the site regarding the service for which they are defined.
COOKIES USED ON OUR WEBSITE AND LEGAL REASONS FOR USE OF COOKIES
Mandatory/technical, functional, performance/analytical and advertising/marketing cookies used by our site, together with the explanations above:
- It allows our Website to operate securely, to navigate our Website and to benefit from the services and features on our Website.
- Our Website allows us to store information about users (via user devices and browser caches) and site usage.
- It is mandatory for the website interface and features to be used as desired.
- It allows you to speed up activities during future visits.
- By enabling us to understand how the website is used by visitors, it helps us gather statistical data and develop content in line with this data.
- It allows us to improve our advertising and marketing activities.
- It does not harm your computer and does not contain viruses.
Your personal data collected through Mandatory/Technical Cookies, as stated in the 2nd paragraph of Article 5 of the KVKK, “(c) It is mandatory to process personal data of the parties to the contract, provided that it is directly related to the establishment or execution of a contract” and “(f) Relevant It is processed based on the legal grounds of “data processing is mandatory for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the person”.
Functional, Performance/Analytical and Advertising/Marketing cookies are processed with your explicit consent in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 1 of the KVKK.
HOW TO MANAGE COOKIE PREFERENCES?
To change your preferences regarding the use of cookies or to block or delete cookies, simply change your browser settings.
Many browsers give you the option to control cookies by accepting or rejecting cookies, accepting only certain types of cookies, or being alerted by the browser when a website requests to store cookies on your device.
It is also possible to delete cookies previously saved in your browser.
If you disable or reject cookies, you may need to adjust some preferences manually, and some features and services on the website may not work properly because we will not be able to recognize and associate your account. You can change your browser’s settings by clicking the relevant link in the list below.
- Click to view your Google Chrome browser settings .
- Click to view your Internet Explorer browser settings .
- Click to view your Mozilla Firefox browser settings .
- Click to view your Opera browser settings .
- Click to view your Safari browser settings .
- Click to view your Microsoft Edge browser settings .
To get more information about cookies, including how cookies are placed, how they are viewed, and how to manage and delete them, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org or www.aboutcookies.org . You can use the “Contact Us” section to send us all your questions and opinions about the Policy. you can use
This Cookie Information Text may be updated to comply with KVKK due to our changing processes. We kindly ask you to check the Cookie Information Text periodically to be informed about the changes and updates we make to the Cookie Information Text.