This policy explains what information turkishrepublic.org ("we", "the site") collects when you visit, what we do with it, and the choices you have. We are an independent educational website; we do not run user accounts, member areas, or paid services, so the data we handle is mostly limited to standard web traffic information and what is needed to display ads through Google AdSense.
If anything in this policy is unclear, please contact us at [email protected].
turkishrepublic.org is an independent, unofficial informational website about the Republic of Türkiye. The data controller for the purposes of this policy is the operator of the site, reachable via the email above. We do not maintain a public postal address. For the purposes of GDPR / UK GDPR, this is the point of contact.
When you visit any page, our hosting provider and the third parties named below automatically receive technical information that browsers normally send. This includes:
We do not ask for, and do not knowingly collect, your name, postal address, phone number, government identifiers, or payment information. We do not run forms that submit personal data.
The site uses a small number of cookies and equivalent storage. The full list, by category, is on the Cookies page. In summary:
Where required by law, you will see a consent banner before non-essential cookies are set. You can clear cookies at any time using your browser's settings.
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand which pages are read, how readers arrive, and how the site performs technically. Analytics is configured to anonymise IP addresses and to disable advertising features within the analytics product itself. Aggregated reports — for example, "how many readers in a month" — are what we actually look at; we do not try to identify individual visitors.
You can opt out of Google Analytics across the web by installing the official Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
This site is enrolled in, or being reviewed for, Google AdSense. When AdSense is active:
You can review and adjust how Google personalises ads to you, and opt out of personalised advertising, at Google Ad Settings. You can also opt out of third-party advertising cookies more broadly via aboutads.info/choices, youronlinechoices.com (EU/UK), or optout.networkadvertising.org.
For Google's own description of how it uses data from partner sites, see the "How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services" page, and Google's general Privacy Policy and advertising policies.
The site loads a small number of resources from other providers to render pages:
We do not control these third parties; they have their own privacy policies. We have chosen them because they are widely used, technically reliable and have published privacy practices.
We use the information described above to:
We do not sell your information. We do not share it with advertisers as a list of identifiable individuals. We do not use it for credit decisions, employment decisions, insurance underwriting, or any similar profiling.
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, our legal bases for processing are:
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the following rights:
California residents have specific rights under the CCPA / CPRA, including the right to know, the right to delete, and the right to opt out of "sales" or "sharing" of personal information. We do not sell personal information for money. To the extent that ad personalisation through Google AdSense is treated as a "sale" or "share" under California law, you can opt out via Google Ad Settings (linked above) or by using the Global Privacy Control signal in your browser, which we will honour.
To exercise any right, email [email protected]. We may need to ask follow-up questions to confirm your request.
We retain analytics data for the period configured in Google Analytics, which we keep at a short and reasonable default (currently 14 months for event-level data). Server access logs from our hosting provider are kept for a short period for security and abuse handling. Email correspondence is kept only as long as needed to handle the matter and any reasonable follow-up.
The site is general-audience reference content and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information through this site, please contact us so we can remove it.
The third-party services described above (Google, CDNs, hosting) may process information in countries outside your own, including the United States. They publish their own safeguards for international transfers, including the EU–US Data Privacy Framework where applicable.
We may update this policy when the site changes or when laws change. The "Last reviewed" date at the top of the page reflects the most recent material update. For substantive changes, we will note them prominently for a reasonable period.
For privacy questions, requests under GDPR / CCPA, or any other matter covered by this policy, write to [email protected]. See also the Contact page for what we can and cannot help with.