Privacy Notice

Last updated: September 2026

This is an English translation provided for information. In case of any discrepancy, the Turkish version prevails.

This notice has been prepared under Article 10 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (the "Law") to inform persons who visit the atacoglu.av.tr website and who get in touch by e-mail or through the contact form.

1. Data controller

Av. Mehmet Mert Ataçoğlu (Istanbul Bar Association, registration no. 83464)
Evliya Çelebi Mah. Sadi Konuralp Cad. Nejat Eczacıbaşı Apt. No:5/2 Beyoğlu / Istanbul
E-mail: mehmetmert@atacoglu.av.tr

2. Personal data processed and method of collection

• Visiting the website: As a technical necessity, access logs consisting of your IP address, date and time of visit, requested page and browser information are generated automatically on the servers of the hosting provider.
• Contact by e-mail: If you send me an e-mail, your name, surname, e-mail address and any other information you choose to share in your message are processed.
• Contact form: If you fill in the form, your name, surname, e-mail address, optionally your phone number, and your message are forwarded to me by e-mail. Form contents are not stored on the website's server. To prevent automated and abusive submissions, your IP address is kept for no longer than one hour in an irreversibly hashed form.

No cookies or similar tools for analytics, advertising or tracking are used on this website.

3. Purposes and legal grounds

• Ensuring the secure and uninterrupted operation of the website and fulfilling record-keeping obligations arising from legislation (Law Art. 5/2-ç and 5/2-f),
• Evaluating and responding to requests submitted by e-mail or through the contact form (Law Art. 5/2-c and 5/2-f),
• Protecting the contact form against automated and abusive submissions (Law Art. 5/2-f),
• Establishment, exercise or protection of a right (Law Art. 5/2-e).

4. Transfer of personal data

Limited to the purposes above, your personal data may be transferred to the hosting provider in Türkiye and to the e-mail service provider. As the servers of the e-mail service provider are located abroad, data you submit by e-mail or through the contact form may be transferred abroad within the framework of the standard contract signed with the service provider under Article 9(4)(c) of the Law. Your personal data may also be shared with competent public authorities upon request and to the extent required by law.

5. Your rights under Article 11 of the Law

By applying to the data controller, you have the right to:

1. learn whether your personal data are processed,
2. request information if your data have been processed,
3. learn the purpose of processing and whether the data are used in accordance with that purpose,
4. know the third parties in Türkiye or abroad to whom your data are transferred,
5. request rectification if the data are incomplete or inaccurate,
6. request erasure or destruction of the data under the conditions of Article 7 of the Law,
7. request that rectification, erasure or destruction be notified to third parties to whom the data were transferred,
8. object to a result against you arising from analysis exclusively through automated systems,
9. claim compensation for damages arising from unlawful processing.

You may submit your requests in writing to the address above or by other methods determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.