1. About This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy has been prepared to inform visitors about the cookies and similar technologies that are or may be used on the profdrerkanyildirim.com website operated by Prof. Dr. Erkan Yıldırım.Where the use of cookies involves the processing of personal data, such processing is carried out in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”) and related legislation.
More detailed information on the processing of personal data is available in the Personal Data Protection and Privacy Notice on the website.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that may be stored on a user’s device or web browser when a website is visited.Cookies and similar technologies may be used for purposes such as enabling the website to function, supporting security, remembering user preferences, measuring site usage, and, where the user has given consent, performing analytics or advertising measurement.
Cookies on their own do not in every case contain information that directly identifies a visitor. However, certain online identifiers and usage data obtained through cookies may constitute personal data when combined with other information.
3. Types of Cookies
The cookies used on the website may be grouped into the following categories according to their purpose.Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies may be used for purposes such as enabling the website’s core functions, ensuring its security, carrying out actions requested by the user, and remembering cookie preferences.
Because these cookies are necessary for the site to function, they may be used in cases that do not depend on a separate choice by the user.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies may help the website remember certain preferences made by the visitor and provide certain features related to the user experience.
Depending on the technology used and the nature of the data processing activity, the use of these cookies may be subject to the user’s choice.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
Analytics and performance cookies may help obtain information about how visitors use the website.
In this context, data such as:
- Pages visited,
- Visit duration,
- Navigation between pages,
- Traffic sources,
- Certain interactions on the site,
- Technical information about the device and browser
This information may be used to measure the website’s performance, understand how it is used, and make technical or user experience improvements.
Where required, the use of analytics cookies is subject to the visitor’s cookie preferences.
Advertising and Marketing Cookies
Where the user has given the necessary consent, advertising and marketing cookies or similar technologies may be used for purposes such as measuring the performance of advertising campaigns, understanding interactions with advertisements, and transmitting measurement data to advertising systems.
Depending on the advertising and measurement infrastructure used, these technologies may also be placed by third-party service providers.
Non-essential advertising and marketing technologies are operated in accordance with the visitor’s preferences under applicable legislation.
4. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
Cookies may be classified as first-party or third-party cookies depending on the party that places them.First-party cookies are cookies created directly by the website being visited.
Third-party cookies are cookies that may be created through third-party services used on the website, such as analytics, advertising, video, maps, or similar services.
The data processing and cookie practices of third-party service providers may be subject to the policies of the relevant service provider.
5. Cookie Retention Periods
Depending on how long they are stored, cookies may be session cookies or persistent cookies.Session cookies are generally deleted when the browser session ends.
Persistent cookies may be stored on the device for a set period or until deleted by the user.
Cookie retention periods may vary depending on the purpose of the cookie and the technical configuration of the relevant service provider.
The guiding principle is that data is not kept longer than necessary and that cookies are limited to periods proportionate to their purposes.
6. Third-Party Technologies That May Be Used on the Website
For the purposes of measurement, analytics, and evaluating advertising performance, third-party services may be used if the user has given the necessary consent and the relevant technologies are active on the website.In this context, depending on the website’s technical configuration, the following types of services may be used:
- Web analytics and visit measurement services,
- Advertising conversion measurement systems,
- Advertising performance and remarketing technologies,
- Maps, videos, or other embedded third-party content.
7. Google Services
If analytics or advertising measurement services provided by Google are activated on the website, certain technical and usage data about website use and advertising interactions may be processed, depending on the user’s consent preferences.These technologies may be used to measure website traffic, understand the sources of visits, and measure certain interactions resulting from advertising campaigns.
Where Google services are used, data processing activities are configured taking into account the user’s cookie preferences and applicable legislation.
8. Meta Services
If measurement or advertising technologies provided by Meta are activated on the website, certain data may be processed, subject to the user giving the necessary consent, to evaluate the performance of advertising campaigns and measure the relationship between advertisements and interactions on the website.Where these technologies are used, the related data processing activities are configured taking into account the user’s cookie preferences and applicable legislation.
9. Managing Cookie Preferences
When you visit the website, you can set your preferences for non-essential cookies through the cookie management tool provided.Depending on the options offered, you can:
- Accept non-essential cookies,
- Reject non-essential cookies,
- Manage your preferences by cookie category.
Rejecting non-essential cookies should not prevent basic use of the website. However, some optional features or third-party content may be affected.
10. Changing Cookie Preferences
You can change your previously set cookie preferences at any time through the “Cookie Preferences” link or a similar cookie management link on the website.You can also view or delete existing cookies, or restrict the use of cookies, through your web browser settings.
If all cookies are blocked through the browser, some core or optional features of the website may not work properly.
11. International Transfer of Personal Data
Because the technical infrastructure of third-party analytics, measurement, or advertising services used on the website may be located abroad, personal data may be transferred outside Turkey.If such a transfer takes place, it is carried out in accordance with Article 9 of the KVKK and the applicable legislation on the transfer of personal data abroad.
12. Changes to the Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated if the technologies used on the website, the service providers, or the relevant legislation change.The current version of the policy is published on the website.
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