Cookie Policy

A cookie is a file stored on your computer by the websites you have visited. Cookies aim for the website to be used more efficiently by users. It allows for the provision of personalized web pages in order to provide a faster and more convenient visit experience in accordance with your personal needs. This file stores information about your website navigation. The devices you access will remember your data when you use the website again, thanks to the information stored in the file. Therefore, cookies are necessary and important for users in order to use websites more effectively and easily. Additionally, cookies are used on the website as well as on those belonging to third parties so that we can provide you with more tailored services, products or offers.

These technologies may be various data acquisition tools that automatically collect information showing your access and usage of our website every time you visit it, as well as relevant technologies that can be used when collecting data by third parties operating on our behalf and on our account. These technologies we use aim to improve our website, to make it usable, effective and secure. Such technologies might be for example: cookies, flash cookies and analytical cookies.

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

To improve the website and to offer new site features and to customize the features offered in accordance with your preferences;

To obtain necessary statistical data in order to allow for a more effective usage of the website more,

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

To obtain necessary personal data such as your IP address in order to fulfill legal and contractual obligations, particularly those stemming from Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Broadcasts Made on the Internet and the Fight Against Crimes Committed through These Publications and the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles on the Regulation of Internet Publishing.

Cookies are used for the below-specified purposes:

Facilitating the use of the YeniSafak.com website, and customizing Yeni Şafak's website and products in a better way in line with your interests and needs;

Remembering your navigation and usage preferences during your visit to the YeniSafak.com website,

Ensuring that various features and functions of the YeniSafak.com website are working properly,

Collecting non-personal information regarding how the YeniSafak.com website is used by visitors, such as the most clicked on links, the most visited pages, the number of error messages displayed, and to analyze this information to make faulty pages work, to improve our website, remove or improve pages that are not to your liking,

Identifying you through the data we collect via cookies, personal profiling or tracking your activities on websites other than the website.

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

Cookies are not used for purposes other than those specified in this Policy, and all related transactions are carried out in accordance with the Law on Personal Data Protection No. 6698.

Cookies can be categorized into different types:

You can control or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete cookies that are already on your computer and prevent cookies from being stored/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 may not be able to access some of our features.

Most internet browsers allow you to do the following:

View saved cookies and delete any you wish.Block third party cookies.Block cookies from certain sites.

Block all cookies.Delete all cookies upon closing the internet browser.

Find below information on what steps should be taken to restrict the usage of cookies on various internet browsers:

Block all cookies.

Delete all cookies when you close the browser.

Below is information on the steps to follow to block the use of cookies across different internet browsers:

Internet Explorer

Open the desktop and tap or click the Internet Explorer icon found on the taskbar.
Tap or click the Tools button and Internet options.
Tap or click the Privacy tab, then move the slider 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-hand corner, click Other Settings.
Click Advanced at the bottom.Click Content settings under "Privacy and security".
Click on Cookies.Search for the name of the website under "All cookies and site data".
Click the Uninstall icon found on the right.
Click Cookies.
Under all cookies and site data, find the name of the website.
Click the Remove icon to the right of the site.

Mozilla Firefox

Click the Firefox Menu button and select Options.
Select the Privacy and Security panel and go to the History section.
Change the Firefox setting to allow using custom settings for history.
Click the “Show cookies…” button. Cookies window will appear.
In the Search bar, type the name of the site whose cookies you want to delete. Cookies matching your search will appear.
Select the cookie(s) you want to delete and click the ‘Delete selected’ button.
Click the Close button to close the Cookies window. Then close the “about: preferences” page.