1. Data controller
The data controller is Asuman Aksoy, operating under the TürkiyeRota brand as a personal business/brand, not an incorporated company. Contact: info@turkiyerota.com. Website: https://www.turkiyerota.com. This notice explains the collection and use of personal data in connection with this website and initial inquiries.
2. Data collected and collection methods
You provide data electronically when completing the contact form or contacting us by email or, optionally, WhatsApp. Contact-form information includes your name/surname, email address, optional phone/WhatsApp number, the requested service, message and acknowledgement of this notice. Messages may contain additional information you voluntarily provide.
Website requests and service-provider systems may process technical information such as IP address, browser/device information, request times, security logs and page requests. If you accept analytics, Google Analytics may process online identifiers, page visits, interactions and device/browser information. We do not load Google Analytics until analytics is accepted.
Do not submit passport numbers, identity numbers, financial information, medical information or other sensitive information through the general contact form. If such information is specifically needed, an appropriate secure process must be agreed separately before it is requested or shared.
3. Purposes of processing
Data may be used to receive and respond to inquiries, understand requested services, communicate with you, take steps concerning a requested service, administer the website, maintain security, meet applicable legal obligations and establish, exercise or protect rights. Consented analytics helps us understand website use and improve the website. Sending an inquiry is not a subscription to advertising messages.
4. Applicable legal grounds
Processing must have an applicable condition under Turkish Law No. 6698, including Article 5 where relevant. Depending on the specific activity, this may include necessity for establishing or performing a contract, fulfilling a legal obligation, establishing/exercising/protecting a right, or legitimate interests subject to protection of your fundamental rights and freedoms. Explicit consent is used where required, including this website’s optional analytics choice. These are not blanket grounds for every activity: the applicable condition must be assessed for each actual processing operation.
Reading or acknowledging this notice is not explicit consent to all processing. Optional analytics consent is separate. Special-category data is not requested through the general inquiry form; any later processing of such data requires a separate assessment under Article 6 and appropriate safeguards.
5. Formspree, email and optional WhatsApp
The contact form sends inquiries to the existing Formspree form at https://formspree.io/f/mvkzarlr. Formspree is a third-party form-processing service. Submissions are intended to generate email notifications to info@turkiyerota.com, with business email handled through Google Workspace. Formspree may process and store submissions and related technical information in accordance with its service settings, contractual terms and privacy practices. This notice does not claim that Formspree never stores submissions.
WhatsApp is an optional alternative communication channel. Opening a WhatsApp link or sending a message involves WhatsApp’s own systems and privacy terms. You can use the main contact form without opening WhatsApp. Social-profile links likewise lead to independent third-party websites; this website does not embed their tracking pixels.
6. Other providers and disclosures
Data may be accessible to providers where needed for the relevant service: Formspree for form processing; Google Workspace for business email; Google Analytics for consented analytics; Google Search Console for search-performance administration; hosting/deployment and domain providers for website operation; and GitHub and DYAD for development and maintenance. GitHub and DYAD are development tools, not intended recipients of contact-form submissions. Only information necessary for an applicable purpose should be shared. Competent authorities or professional advisers may receive data where legally required or necessary for an applicable legal purpose. Provider involvement does not mean every provider receives all inquiry data.
7. International transfers
Some providers and their infrastructure may be outside Türkiye, and personal data may consequently be transferred abroad. Actual recipients, locations and contractual arrangements depend on the services and account settings in use. A processing ground and, separately, a lawful transfer mechanism under Article 9 of Law No. 6698 must be assessed. Where applicable, this may involve an adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards; limited exceptions apply only when their conditions are met. We do not assert that any unverified safeguard, standard contract or adequacy decision is already in place. Analytics consent or acknowledgement of this notice is not, by itself, a substitute for a required international-transfer mechanism.
8. Security and retention
Security measures should be proportionate to the data and processing risks, including access controls, careful handling of accounts and correspondence, and secure transmission where appropriate. No internet system can guarantee absolute security.
Data should be retained only for as long as necessary for its purpose and applicable legal obligations, including justified legal-claims periods, and then deleted, destroyed or anonymized as appropriate. Retention depends on the data category, service and provider configuration. No fixed period is represented here as established; provider retention and deletion settings also require review.
9. Your rights under Article 11
Under Article 11 of Law No. 6698, you may learn whether your personal data is processed; request information about processing; learn its purpose and whether use is consistent with that purpose; learn recipients in Türkiye or abroad; request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data; request deletion or destruction where statutory conditions are met; request notification of correction/deletion/destruction to recipients; object to a result against you arising from analysis exclusively by automated systems; and seek compensation for damage caused by unlawful processing.
To exercise your rights, contact Asuman Aksoy at info@turkiyerota.com with the subject “KVKK request” and enough information to identify the relevant processing. Do not send sensitive identification documents in an initial email. Identity verification or a legally prescribed application method may be necessary. Applications are handled under applicable procedures, as soon as possible and within the statutory period (generally at most 30 days); lawful fees may apply where permitted. Applicable complaint rights before the Personal Data Protection Board remain available.
10. Updates and related information
This notice may be updated when actual processing, service providers or legal requirements change. The version published on this page is the current website notice. Material changes should be communicated where required, and a new consent requested if a consented purpose changes. See the Cookie Policy for analytics choices and use Cookie Settings to change them. Questions may be sent to info@turkiyerota.com.