Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy has been prepared to explain the types of cookies used by the Website, the purposes for which they are used, how long they are stored, and how users can manage them. Strictly necessary cookies used on the Website are required for the site to operate securely and correctly. Analytics, performance, marketing and targeting cookies that are not strictly necessary are used in line with user preferences and the cookie consent mechanism.

1. What Is a Cookie?

Cookies are small text files saved on your device through your browser when you visit a website. Cookies may be used to make the website work, remember user preferences, measure site performance and improve the user experience.

2. Types of Cookies Used and Their Purposes

Cookies in the following categories may be used on the Website, according to their purpose:

• Strictly necessary and technical cookies: Cookies required for the Website to perform its basic functions. Security checks, session management, form security, remembering your cookie preferences and maintaining technical performance may fall within this category. If these cookies are disabled, some parts of the Website may not work 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 category.
• Analytics and performance cookies: May be used to measure how visitors use the Website, which pages are visited more often, and how site performance can be improved. These cookies are activated in line with user preferences.
• Marketing and targeting cookies: May be used for advertising, remarketing, conversion measurement, or to present content according to users' interests. These cookies must be used only with the user's consent.
• Third-party cookies: Third-party service providers may use cookies because of maps, video, social media links, security tools, analytics tools or embedded content on the Website. These cookies are subject to the privacy and cookie policies of the relevant service providers.

3. Technologies That May Be Used on the Website

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

• Cookie preference management: May be used to save users' cookie preferences and remember preferences given earlier.
• Site security: May be used to protect the Website against spam, misuse, unauthorised access attempts, malicious traffic and security threats.
• Form security: May be used to ensure that contact and request forms work securely and to block spam submissions and automated bot activity.
• Analytics and performance measurement: May be used to measure site traffic, understand visitor behaviour and improve Website performance.
• Advertising and conversion measurement: May be used to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, carry out remarketing, or present content according to user interests.
• Maps and embedded content: May be used to display maps, play video, show social media links or display third-party content.

Not all of the technologies listed above may be active on every Website. The cookies and technologies used may vary according to the Website's technical needs, the services in use, and users' cookie preferences.

4. Managing and Controlling Cookies

Users can manage their cookie preferences through the cookie consent banner they see on their first visit to the Website. Strictly necessary cookies may not be disabled, because they are required for the Website to work. Analytics, performance, marketing and targeting cookies may be accepted, rejected or customised according to user preferences. Users may also block or delete cookies, or change their cookie preferences, through their browser settings. If cookies are disabled entirely through browser settings, some features of the Website may not work properly.

5. Cookie Retention Period

How long cookies are stored may vary according to the type of cookie and the purpose for which it is used. Some cookies are stored only for the session, while others may remain on your device for longer in order to remember user preferences, maintain security or carry out analytics. 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 those 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 displaying maps, playing video, security, analytics, advertising or performance measurement. The use and management of these cookies is subject to the privacy and cookie policies of the relevant third-party service providers. The Website is not directly responsible for data processing carried out by third-party service providers on their own platforms. Users are advised to review the privacy and cookie policies of the relevant service providers separately.

7. Changing Cookie Preferences

Users may change cookie preferences they have given earlier through the cookie preference panel provided on the Website. They may also delete cookies or block the use of cookies through their browser settings. If a cookie preference panel is active on the Website, users may update their preferences for non-essential cookie categories through that panel at any time.

8. Policy Changes

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