belonging to our company, trading under the name Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University and Turkish-German University Technology Development Zone Management Joint Stock Company (the Company) https://cekmekoygo.com/ about the cookies used on the website, under the Personal Data Protection Law (Law) and other related legislation, we would like to inform you.
- What Is a Cookie?
Cookies are very small text files, usually made up of letters and numbers, that are saved to your computer (or to other devices such as a smartphone or tablet) through your browser by the websites you visit. Cookies allow the user and their device to be recognized and allow certain information about the user’s preferences and past actions to be stored. Cookies are created by the servers that run the website you visit. This is how the server can tell when a visitor returns to the same site.
- Cookies Used on Our Website
The cookies used on our website fall into three main groups according to their function and purpose, and the details are set out in the tables below.
- Strictly necessary cookies:
These are the cookies required for the website’s core functions to work, for its security to be maintained and for user preferences to be stored. If these cookies are blocked, the website may not work properly.
| Cookie Name | By Retention Period | By Source | Notes |
| cmplz_* | Persistent (up to 365 days) | First party | Used by the cookie management tool (Complianz) to store the user’s cookie preferences and consent status. This cookie is required in order to manage the explicit consent and preferences obtained under the KVKK. |
| _lscache_vary | Session | First party | A technical cookie used in server caching to serve the correct version of the content according to session state. Required for the website to perform well. |
| bot_detector_* | Session | First party | Used for technical checks to determine whether a visitor is a bot. It helps distinguish spam and automated bot traffic through technical signals such as browser support, screen information and mouse, scroll and keyboard interaction. Required for website security. |
| apbct_* | Session / Persistent | First party | An anti-spam cookie used to prevent form spam, analyse bot behavior and ensure secure form submission. Required for core functions such as form submission to work securely. |
| ct_* | Session / Persistent | First party | Used for the technical verification and timestamp records applied in security and anti-spam checks. |
| wordpress_apbct_antibot | Session | First party | A technical and security cookie used to run the anti-bot check. It contains only technical verification data and stores no personal data about the user. |
- Functional cookies:
These are cookies used to improve the functionality of the website and to offer additional services to the user.
| Cookie Name | By Retention Period | By Source | Notes |
| ht_ctc_storage | Persistent | First party | Used so that the WhatsApp click-to-chat feature works correctly and to store user preferences. |
- Analytics and statistics cookies:
Cookies used to understand how visitors use the website, measure usage statistics and improve the site. These cookies are only after the user’s explicit consent has been obtained is loaded.
| Cookie Name | By Retention Period | By Source | Notes |
| _ga | 2 years | Third party (Google) | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish visitors and measure site usage statistics. For detailed information about the personal data processed by this cookie and its retention periods, see https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies you can reach it at this address. |
| _ga_EQDN3BWDSD | 2 years | Third party (Google) | Used by Google Analytics 4 to manage session state and carry out usage measurement. For detailed information, see https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies you can reach it at this address. |
- Purpose of Processing, Legal Basis and Data Subject Rights
Your personal data is processed through the cookies listed above on the following legal grounds:
- Strictly necessary and functional cookies in respect of the Law Art. 5/2-f Legitimate interests of the data controller is relied upon.
- Analytics and statistics cookies in respect of the Law Art. 5/1 Explicit consent and these cookies are only loaded if you give explicit consent through the cookie management panel on our website. You can withdraw the consent you have given at any time through that same panel.
To obtain information about your rights under Article 11 of the Law in relation to the personal data processed about you, use the the Data Subject Request Form and send it to our Company in the manner set out on the form. Your application will be answered within 30 days at the latest, in accordance with the Law and without breaching the data security of other individuals.
