This Cookie Policy has been prepared to provide information about the cookies and similar technologies used on the meltemayran.com website.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that can be saved on your device through your browser when you visit a website.
Cookies can be used for purposes such as making sure the website works securely and properly, remembering user preferences and, if the user gives permission, analysing how the website is used.
2. What Types of Cookies May Be Used?
Essential Cookies
These are cookies that are needed for the website’s basic features and security functions to work.
Without these cookies, some parts of the website may not work properly.
Where one of the appropriate conditions for processing personal data set out in the legislation applies, separate explicit consent may not need to be obtained for these cookies.
Functional Cookies
These can be used to remember your preferences for using the website, such as language, appearance or choices you have made previously.
Functional cookies that require explicit consent are activated only if you give your consent.
Analytics / Performance Cookies
These can be used to obtain statistical information on how visitors use the website and to analyse the pages visited and technical performance.
Analytics or performance cookies that require explicit consent are not activated without your permission.
Advertising / Marketing Cookies
These are cookies used to track user behaviour, measure the effectiveness of advertisements or show users advertisements related to their interests.
If cookies of this kind are used, they are not activated without your explicit consent.
3. Cookie List
Up-to-date information on the cookies used on the website is given in the table below.
The website uses your browser’s local storage to remember your cookie choice. Analytics and advertising measurement are carried out through Google Tag Manager and the Meta Pixel; the cookies of these services are written to your device only if you allow the relevant category in the cookie panel. Unless you give permission, Google tags do not write cookies or use advertising identifiers, and the Meta Pixel sends no events and writes no cookies. Google cookies are used according to the services enabled in Google Tag Manager.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Purpose | Retention Period | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ma-cerez-tercihi (browser local storage) | Dr. Meltem Ayran (this website) | Strictly necessary | Remembering your cookie choice | 12 months | First party |
| _ga, _ga_<ID> | Google (Google Analytics) | Analytics / performance | Statistical measurement of how the website is used | 2 years | First party |
| _gcl_au, _gcl_aw | Google (Google Ads) | Advertising / marketing | Measuring ad clicks and conversions | 90 days | First party |
| Google advertising cookies (e.g. IDE, test_cookie — doubleclick.net, google.com) | Google (Google Ads) | Advertising / marketing | Measuring ad conversions and showing relevant ads | Up to 13 months | Third party |
| _fbp, _fbc | Meta Platforms (Meta Pixel) | Advertising / marketing | Measuring the effectiveness of Meta ads and showing relevant ads | 90 days | First party |
| fr (facebook.com) | Meta Platforms (Meta Pixel) | Advertising / marketing | Showing and measuring ads | 90 days | Third party |
| YouTube player cookies and similar technologies | Google (YouTube — youtube-nocookie.com) | Third-party content (video playback) | Playing a video when a visitor starts it. The player is not loaded until the video is started. | According to the provider’s own policy | Third party |
4. How Can You Manage Cookie Preferences?
When you first visit the website, you are shown a panel where you can set your cookie preferences.
For cookies that require explicit consent, the following options
- Accept All
- Reject All
- Manage Preferences
are offered.
Non-essential cookies are kept switched off by default unless you explicitly give your permission.
You can withdraw any permission you have previously given, or change your preferences, at any time via the “Cookie preferences” link at the bottom of every page.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent before the withdrawal.
5. Browser Settings
You can also delete or block cookies through your web browser’s settings.
However, blocking essential cookies may cause some functions of the website not to work properly.
6. Third-Party Services
If third-party analytics, map, video, messaging or similar services are used on the website, these service providers may use their own cookies or similar technologies.
Third-party technologies that require explicit consent are not activated until the necessary permission has been obtained.
Where personal data is transferred abroad through third-party services, the transfer is carried out in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 9 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK), and the necessary information is provided in the relevant privacy notices.
7. Protection of Personal Data
For detailed information on the processing of personal data obtained through cookies, you can review the Privacy Notice on the Processing of Personal Data.
8. Updates to This Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated if the technologies used on the website or the relevant legislation change.
The current version of the Policy is published on the website.