Website Visitor Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) sets out the principles regarding the processing of your personal data by Aydın Doğan Foundation (“Aydın Doğan Foundation” or the “Foundation”), acting as the data controller, in connection with your visit to our website, in accordance with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“Law”) and the applicable legislation.
1. Identity of the Data Controller
| Data Controller | Aydın Doğan Foundation |
| Address | Burhaniye Mahallesi Kısıklı Cad. No: 65 Üsküdar/İstanbul |
| advakfi@advakfi.org | |
| KEP / E-Notification Address |
PTT UETS Notification Address advakfi@advakfi.org |
| Telephone Number | |
| Tax Identification Number / Foundation Registry Information | 115 009 7285 |
2. Purposes and Legal Bases for Processing Personal Data and Methods of Collection
Your personal data is processed in connection with your visit to our website for the purposes of ensuring the security, accessibility and continuity of the website, improving user experience, carrying out information security processes, fulfilling legal obligations, and complying with the obligations regarding the retention of traffic data under Law No. 5651.
Your personal data is collected electronically through cookies and similar technologies during your visit to the website. For detailed information regarding cookies, please refer to the Cookie Privacy Notice.
The table below summarizes the personal data processed within the scope of these activities, together with the relevant personal data categories, personal data processed, purposes of processing and legal bases.
The relevant provisions of the Law corresponding to the legal bases specified in the table are also set out below:
- Art. 5/1: Explicit consent of the data subject.
- Art. 5/2(a): Processing is expressly provided for by law.
- Art. 5/2(ç): It is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the data controller is subject.
- Art. 5/2(e): Data processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of any right.
- Art. 5/2(f): Processing of data is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by the data controller, provided that this processing shall not violate the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.
| Personal Data Category | Personal Data Processed | Purpose of Processing | Legal Basis |
| Transaction Security | IP address, log records, traffic data | Carrying out information security processes, preventing unauthorized access, fulfilling obligations under Law No. 5651 | Art. 5/2(a), Art. 5/2(ç), Art. 5/2(e) |
| Cookie Data | Website visit and usage information | Ensuring the operation of the website, improving website performance and user experience | Art. 5/1, Art. 5/2(f) (for necessary cookies) |
Note: An explicit consent mechanism is implemented for non-essential cookies in accordance with the applicable legislation.
3. Recipients of Personal Data and Purposes of Transfer
Your personal data collected within the scope of your visit to the website may be transferred to the following categories of recipients, to the extent necessary for and limited to the purposes specified above, in accordance with the conditions set forth under Articles 8 and 9 of the Law.
Transaction Security Data: Your personal data may be transferred to service providers and suppliers providing technical infrastructure and hosting services for the purposes of ensuring the security of the website, carrying out information security processes, preventing unauthorized access and fulfilling obligations under Law No. 5651, and to competent public institutions and organizations upon request for the purpose of fulfilling legal obligations.
Cookie Data: Your personal data may be transferred to cookie management platform providers and, where applicable, suppliers providing analytics and measurement services for the purposes of ensuring the operation of the website, improving website performance and user experience and operating the technical infrastructure, and to competent public institutions and organizations upon request for the purpose of fulfilling legal obligations.
4. Requests to the Data Controller and Your Rights
You may submit your requests regarding your personal data pursuant to Article 11 of the Law to the Foundation at any time, in accordance with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller, in writing or by using a registered electronic mail (KEP) address, secure electronic signature, mobile signature, or the e-mail address previously notified by you to the Foundation and registered in the Foundation's systems.
E-mail: advakfi@advakfi.org
KEP: PTT UETS 25999-48841-72099
Notification Address advakfi@advakfi.org
Address: Burhaniye Mahallesi Kısıklı Cad. No: 65 Üsküdar/İstanbul
Your personal data is protected with due care by the Foundation, and we thank you for your trust.
Last Updated: 29.07.2026