This Cookie Policy has been prepared to explain the types of cookies used by the Website, their purposes of use, storage periods and how they can be managed by users.

Necessary cookies used on the Website are required for the site to function securely and correctly. Non-essential analytics, performance, marketing and targeting cookies are used in accordance with user preferences and the cookie consent mechanism.

1. What is a Cookie?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser when you visit a website. Cookies may be used for purposes such as enabling the website to function, remembering user preferences, measuring site performance and improving user experience.

2. Types of Cookies Used and Their Purposes

The Website may use cookies in the following categories, depending on the purpose of use:

• Necessary and Technical Cookies: Cookies required for the Website to perform its basic functions. Security verifications, session management, form security, remembering your cookie preferences and ensuring technical performance may be considered within this scope. If these cookies are disabled, some parts of the Website may not function properly.
• Functional Cookies: May be used to remember user preferences and make the Website more useful. Language selection, display preferences or similar user settings may fall within this scope.
• Analytics and Performance Cookies: May be used to measure how visitors use the Website, which pages are visited more frequently and how site performance can be improved. These cookies are activated in accordance with user preferences.
• Marketing and Targeting Cookies: May be used for advertising, remarketing, conversion measurement, or to present content to users based on their interests. These cookies should only be used with user consent.
• Third-Party Cookies: Cookies may be used by third-party service providers due to maps, videos, social media links, security tools, analytics tools or embedded content on the Website. These cookies are subject to the respective service providers' own privacy and cookie policies.

3. Technologies That May Be Used on the Website

Different cookies may be used on the Website depending on the technical infrastructure, security, analytics, performance measurement, advertising, maps and embedded content technologies used.

• Cookie Preference Management: May be used to record users' cookie preferences and remember previously given preferences.
• Site Security: May be used to protect the Website against spam, misuse, unauthorized access attempts, malicious traffic and security threats.
• Form Security: May be used to ensure the secure operation of contact and request forms, and to prevent spam submissions and automated bot activity.
• Analytics and Performance Measurement: May be used to measure site traffic, understand visitor behavior and improve Website performance.
• Advertising and Conversion Measurement: May be used to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, carry out remarketing activities or present content based on user interests.
• Maps and Embedded Content: May be used for map display, video playback, social media links or displaying third-party content.

Not all of the technologies mentioned above may be active on every part of the Website. The cookies and technologies used may vary depending on the Website's technical needs, the services used and users' cookie preferences.

4. Management and Control of Cookies

Users can manage their cookie preferences through the cookie consent banner they encounter on their first visit to the Website. Necessary cookies may not be disabled since they are required for the Website to function. Analytics, performance, marketing and targeting cookies can be accepted, rejected or customized depending on user preferences.

Users can also block, delete or change their cookie preferences through their browser settings. However, if cookies are completely disabled through browser settings, some features of the Website may not function properly.

5. Cookie Retention Period

The retention period of cookies may vary depending on the type of cookie and the purpose of use. Some cookies are stored only for the duration of the session, while others may be kept on your device for longer periods in order to remember user preferences, ensure security or carry out analytics processes.

When you change your cookie preferences or delete cookies through your browser settings, the relevant cookies may be removed. The retention periods of cookies used by third-party service providers may vary according to the respective service providers' own policies.

6. Third-Party Cookies and External Services

Some third-party services used on the Website may use their own cookies for purposes such as map display, video playback, security, analytics, advertising or performance measurement. The use and management of these cookies are subject to the respective third-party service providers' own privacy and cookie policies.

The Website is not directly responsible for the data processing activities carried out by third-party service providers on their own platforms. Users are advised to separately review the privacy and cookie policies of the relevant service providers.

7. Changing Cookie Preferences

Users can change their previously given cookie preferences through the cookie preference panel offered on the Website. Users can also delete cookies or block their use through their browser settings.

If the cookie preference panel is active on the Website, users can update their preferences regarding non-essential cookie categories at any time through this panel.

8. Policy Changes

The Website reserves the right to update this Cookie Policy in line with technological needs, changes in the services used or legal regulations. Changes take effect as of the date they are published on this page.