Cookie Policy
Last updated: 6 October 2026
This page explains which cookies are placed in your browser when you visit mervetufekci.com, why I use them and how you can manage your choice. It is the cookie information notice under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK).
Data controller
Merve Tüfekçi, Çengilli Caddesi No:7 Değirmençayırı, Şile, İstanbul, Türkiye. Email: [email protected]
What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files saved in your browser when you visit a site. The browser’s local storage can be used for the same purpose; on this page I call both “cookies”.
Which cookies do I use?
| Name | Party | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mt-consent | First party | Necessary | Remembering your cookie choice | 12 months |
| mt-event | First party | Necessary | Remembering that you closed the event notice | Until the event date |
| _ga | Third party (Google) | Analytics (with permission) | Google Analytics: telling visitors apart | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Third party (Google) | Analytics (with permission) | Google Analytics: keeping session state | 2 years |
| Google Tag Manager | Third party (Google) | Marketing (with permission) | Managing promotion and campaign measurement tags that may be added later. No marketing tag is active at present. | Sets no cookie at present |
Necessary cookies are required for the site to work and do not depend on your permission. Analytics and marketing cookies are never loaded before you allow them; unless you allow them, no request is sent to Google Analytics or Google Tag Manager.
Third-party embedded content
Some pages include content provided by other companies. This content is loaded from that company’s server when the page opens or when you start it; in doing so your IP address and browser information are sent to that company, which may use its own cookies or similar technologies. Details are in the relevant company’s privacy policy.
| Content | Provider | Page | When it loads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Map | Google LLC (Google Maps) | Contact | When the page opens |
| Podcast player | Spotify AB | Healing Conversations | When the page opens; listening data is processed if you start playback |
| Video cover images | Google LLC (YouTube) | Videos, Healing Conversations and posts with a video | When the page opens (image file only) |
| Video player | Google LLC (YouTube) | Videos and posts with a video | Only when you click a video |
Legal basis
- Necessary cookies: legitimate interest in providing and securing the site (KVKK art. 5/2-f).
- Analytics and marketing cookies: your explicit consent (KVKK art. 5/1).
Transfers abroad
If you allow analytics and marketing cookies, the data they collect (such as page views, device and browser details and approximate location) may be processed by Google LLC on servers outside Türkiye. The details and legal basis of transfers abroad are set out in the Privacy Notice.
How to change your choice
You can give or withdraw your permission at any time from the “Cookie settings” link at the bottom of every page. When you withdraw it, the Google Analytics cookies are deleted and the tags are not loaded again. You can also delete or block cookies in your browser settings.
Your rights
Data subjects whose personal data is processed through cookies on this site may submit their requests under Article 11 of the Personal Data Protection Law, in line with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller, in writing to Çengilli Caddesi No:7 Değirmençayırı, Şile, İstanbul, Türkiye, or, if their email address is registered in our system, by email to [email protected].
