• Website/Mobile Application Cookies Clarification Text

      (“Cookies Clarification Text”)

      As HAN TURİZM İNŞAAT SANAYİ A.S., we use certain Technologies such as cookies, pixels, GIFs (‘’cookies’’) to improve your experience during your use or visit of our websites (“Website”), applications or all of our online or offline channels (all channels collectively referred to as “Platforms”) that we offer to you in the digital environment.

      The use of these technologies is carried out in accordance with the legislation we are subject to, especially the Law on the Personal Data Protection Data No. 6698 (“KVK Law”).

      The purpose of this Cookie Clarification Text is to inform you about the processing of cookies and personal data used during the use of the Platforms. In this Clarification Text, we would like to explain to you what kind of cookies we use on the Platforms for what purposes and how you can control these cookies.

      As Turquoise Hotel, we can discontinue the cookies we use on our Platforms, change their types or functions, or add new cookies to our Platforms. Therefore, we reserve the right to change the provisions of this Cookies Clarification Text at any time. Any changes made on the current Cookies Clarification Text also be effective if published on the Website, in the Application or in any public medium.

      You can find detailed information on the purposes of processing your personal data by our Company from the Personal Data Protection and Processing Policy of HAN TURIZM INSAAT SANAYI A.S. at https://turquoise.com.tr/en/personal-data-protection/

      Method and Legal Reason for Collecting Personal Data

      Your personal data is collected during your visit to our website or through cookies in the electronic environment as a result of your use of our application on the basis of a legal ground of legitimate interest of our Company. Marketing and advertising activities through targeting and profiling will only be carried out with your explicit consent. Your personal data collected may also be processed for the purposes set out in this Cookies Clarification Text under the conditions and purposes of the processing of personal data set out in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law.

      To Whom and for What Purposes the Processed Personal Data May Be Transferred

      As Turquoise Hotel, we may share your personal data within the scope of the Cookies Clarification Text with our suppliers, business partners and legally authorized public/private institutions, limited to the realization of the above-mentioned purposes and in accordance with the legislation.

      What cookies are used for what purposes?

      As Turquoise Hotel, we use cookies for various purposes on our website and in our application and process your personal data via these cookies. These purposes are mainly:

      Cookies Used on Our Website and Application

      Below are the different types of cookies we use on our website and in our application. Both first-party cookies (set by the website you visit) and third-party cookies (set by servers other than the website you visit) are used on our website and in our application.

      Strictly Necessary Cookies

      The use of certain cookies is essential for the proper functioning of our website and application. For example, authentication cookies, which are activated when you log in to our website, ensure that your active session continues when you move from one page to another on our website.

      Functionality and Preference Cookies

      These cookies allow you to personalize the services offered on our website by remembering your preferences and choices on the website and in the application. For example, we can remember your choice of language on our website or the font size you have chosen when reading a text.

      Social Media Cookies

      These cookies allow us to collect information about your use of social media. Cookies may be used, for example, to use information from your Facebook/Twitter accounts to create personalised advertising or to conduct market research.

      Performance/Analytical Cookies

      These cookies allow us to improve your use of our website and application and the services we provide to you by analysing performance. By using these cookies, we can, for example, determine which pages our visitors access most frequently, whether our website is functioning properly and what problems may occur.

      Targeting/Advertising Cookies

      We use cookies to provide products and services to you on our website or through channels other than our website. In addition, we may work with some of our business partners to advertise and promote to you within or outside of our website. Cookies may be used, for example, to track whether you click on an ad you see on our website and whether you use the service on the website the ad links to after the ad has caught your attention.

      How Can I Control the Use of Cookies?

      The preferences of our visitors and users regarding the use of cookies and similar technologies are essential to us. However, cookies that are strictly necessary for the functioning of the Platform must be used. In addition, we would like to point out that some functions of the platform may not work or only work partially if some cookies are disabled.

      For information on how to manage your preferences for cookies used on the Platform, see below:

      Adobe Analytics

      http://www.adobe.com/uk/privacy/opt-out.html

      AOL

      https://help.aol.com/articles/restore-security-settings-and-enable-cookie-settings-on-browser

      Google Adwords

      https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en

      Google Analytics

      https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

      Google Chrome

      http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647

      Internet Explorer

      https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

      MozillaFirefox

      http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cookies

      Opera

      http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

      Safari:

      https://support.apple.com/kb/ph19214?locale=tr_TR

       Update Date: 23.11.2022

        • To perform the basic functions required to operate the website and application. For example, logged-in members do not have to re-enter their passwords when visiting different pages of the website.

        • To analyze the website and the application, increasing the performance of the website and the application. For example, integrating different servers on which the website operates, determining the number of visitors to the website and adjusting performance accordingly, or making it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for.

        • To improve the functionality of the website and the application and to make it easier to use. For example, sharing with third party social media channels through the website, storing username information or search queries the next time the visitor visits the website.

        • To carry out personalisation, targeting and advertising activities. For example, displaying advertisements that match visitors’ interests on the pages and products that visitors view.

          • Visitors have the option to customise their preferences for cookies by changing the settings of the browser they use to view the Platform. If the browser used offers this possibility, it is possible to change the preferences for cookies via the browser settings. Thus, data holders have the option to prevent the use of cookies, to receive a warning about the use of cookies or to disable or delete only some cookies, although this may vary depending on the capabilities of the browser.

          • Although the settings for this topic vary depending on the browser used, it is possible to access the general explanation at https://www.aboutcookies.org/. The settings for cookies may have to be made separately for each device from which the visitor accesses the Platform.

          • Click here to disable cookies managed by Google Analytics.

          • Click here to manage personalised advertising provided by Google.

          • Preferences regarding cookies, which are used by many companies for advertising activities, can be managed through Your Online Choices

          • The mobile device settings menu can be used to manage cookies on mobile devices.