Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy applies to all websites operated by or on behalf of Erciyes Anadolu Holding A.Ş. and its Affiliated Companies, branded websites on third-party platforms (Google, Facebook, etc.) and this applies to applications accessed or used through Internet sites or third-party programs.

By using the web sites of Erciyes Anadolu Holding A.Ş. and its Affiliated Companies, you are agreeing to the use of cookies in accordance with this Cookie Policy. If you do not want cookies to be used in this way, you should edit your browser settings or not use the websites of Erciyes Anadolu Holding A.Ş. and its Affiliates. If you delete cookies from the browser settings, your preferences on the relevant website will be deleted. In addition, if you completely block cookies, many websites, including the websites of Erciyes Anadolu Holding A.Ş. and its Affiliated Companies, may not work properly.

This Policy applies regardless of the technologies or methods you have used to access our site.

What is a Cookie and For What Purposes Is It Used?

A cookie is a file stored on your computer by the websites you have visited. Cookies are aimed at more efficient use of an internet site by users. It allows you to provide personalized internet pages to provide a more convenient and fast visit experience for your personal needs. This file stores information about your internet site browsing. The devices you have accessed will remember your data thanks to the information stored in the file when you use the website again. Therefore, cookies are necessary and important for users to use their websites more effectively and easily. In addition, cookies are used on the website and third-party websites to enable us to provide you with more appropriate services, products or offers.

These technologies can be used as various data collection tools that automatically collect information indicating your access and use every time you visit our website by our website, as well as when collecting data by third parties operating on our behalf and on our account. These technologies that we use are used to improve our website, make it convenient, effective and secure. Examples of these technologies include cookies, flash cookies, and analytical cookies.

The Main Purposes of Using Cookies

Development of services offered to you in order to improve the functionality and performance of the website,

Improving the website, introducing new features on the Website and personalizing the features offered according to your preferences,

In order for the website to be used more effectively, some statistical data is needed,

Collection of information about your browsing and usage preferences and habits specific to the website you are on,

Your personal data, such as your IP address, are needed in order to fulfill legal and contractual obligations, particularly those arising from the Law No. 5651 on Regulating Broadcasts Made on the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed Through These Broadcasts and the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Regulation of Broadcasts Made on the Internet .

What Kind of Data Do We Process with Cookies?

We use cookies for the following purposes:

To facilitate the use of the sites of Erciyes Anadolu Holding AŞ and its Affiliates, to better customize the sites of Erciyes Anadolu Holding A.Ş. and its Affiliates and our products in line with your interests and needs; 

To remember your navigation and usage preferences during your visit to the sites of Erciyes Anadolu Holding AŞ and its Affiliates,

To ensure the proper functioning of various features and functions of the sites of Erciyes Anadolu Holding A.Ş. and its Affiliated Companies,

To collect general information about our site, such as the most clicked links, the most visited pages, the number of error messages displayed, about how the sites of Erciyes Anadolu Holding A.Ş. and its Affiliates are used by the visitors, and to analyze this information to make the incorrect pages work, improve, remove or improve undesirable pages,

To identify your identity with the data we collect through cookies, to conduct special profiling for you or to track your activities on internet sites other than the site.

Cookies installed on your computer or the information obtained are used for statistical analysis or security measures. None of your personal data is collected through cookies.

Cookies are not used except for the purposes specified in this Policy, and all relevant operations are carried out in accordance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (PDPL).

Categories of Cookies

Cookies can be classified in several ways:

Type of Cookie

Session Cookies

These cookies are used to separate the user's visit into sessions and do not collect data from the user. The cookie is deleted when the user closes the internet page they are visiting or remains inactive for a certain period of time.

Permanent Cookies

These cookies are cookies stored in your browser that remain valid until deleted by you or until the expiration date.

Mandatory Cookies

These cookies are cookies that are absolutely necessary for the proper functioning of the Website. These cookies are needed to manage the system, prevent fraudulent transactions, and if blocked, the Website will not be able to work.

These are cookies that are used for purposes such as remembering your preferences, using the website effectively, optimizing the site to respond to your requests, and containing data about how you use the site. By their nature, this type of cookies may contain your personal data.

Functional and Analytical Cookies

These are cookies that are used for purposes such as remembering your preferences, using the website effectively, optimizing the site to respond to your requests, and containing data about how you use the site.

By their nature, this type of cookies may contain your personal data. For example, cookies that record your preference for the display language of the site are functional cookies.

Analytical cookies are cookies that enable the production of analytical results such as the number of visitors to the website, the detection of pages displayed on the website, the hours of website visits, and the scrolling movements of website pages.

Tracking Cookies

Tracking cookies are primary and third-party cookies created during your visit to our website and third-party domain names. These cookies make it possible to track your click and visit history in the domains where they were created, and to match these records between different domains. These types of cookies are used for the purpose of recognizing and profiling users, targeting advertising and marketing activities and customizing the content. These cookies will not be used to identify you or to make decisions about you personally.

How Can You Control Cookies?

You can control or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete cookies that are already on your computer and prevent cookies from being saved/placed on most Internet browsers. However, we would like to remind you that if you delete cookies and prevent future cookies from being downloaded to your computer, you will not be able to access some of our features.

Most Internet browsers allow you to do the following:

View saved cookies and delete the ones you wish.

Blocking third-party cookies.

Blocking cookies from certain sites.

Blocking all cookies.

Delete all cookies when you close your Internet browser.

Below is information on what steps should be followed to prevent the use of cookies on different internet browsers:

Internet Explorer

• Open the desktop and tap or click on the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar.
• Tap or click the Tools button and Internet options.
• Tap or click the Privacy tab, then move the slider located under Settings up to block all cookies, and tap or click the OK button.

Google Chrome

• Open Chrome on your computer.
• At the top right, click Other Settings.
• At the bottom, click Advanced.
• Under ”Privacy and security", click on Content settings.
• Click Cookies.
• Under ”All cookies and website data", search for the name of the website.
• Click the Uninstall icon to the right of the website.

Mozilla Firefox

• Click on the Firefox Menu button and select Options.
• Select the Privacy and Security panel and go to the History section.
• Change Firefox to use custom settings for history.
• Click Show cookies... icon. The Cookies window will appear.
• In the Search: field, type the name of the website whose cookies you want to delete. Cookies that match your search will be displayed.
• Select the cookie(s) you want to delete and click the Delete icon
• Close the Cookies window by clicking the Close icon. Then close the about:preferences page.

Safari

• Select Safari > Preferences.
• Click on the Privacy item.
• Click on the Website Data
• Select one or more websites, and then click Delete or Delete All.