Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 11, 2026

1. What Is This Document About?

This Privacy Policy explains how we handle your personal data when you use Edebiyatla (www.edebiyatla.com and related digital services). Whether you are a reader, poet, writer or simply a visitor, everyone using the site is covered by this policy.

We process your personal data in accordance with the Constitution, the international agreements to which Türkiye is a party and, in particular, Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("KVKK"). We respect privacy, freedom of communication and freedom of artistic expression, and we take up-to-date technical and administrative measures to protect your data.

Data Controller: Serkan Bektaş

For more details, see our KVKK Notice and Terms of Service.

2. Data We Process

Identity and contact: Name, surname, username, email address
Profile and interaction: Biography, profile photo, posts, comments, follows and likes
Technical data: IP address, session logs, browser and device information, cookies

3. Purposes and Legal Grounds (KVKK Art. 5–6)

Establishing and performing the membership agreement
Account creation, authentication and security
Publishing content and interactions
Retaining traffic logs as required by Law No. 5651
Improving the service and statistical analysis (via cookies based on your explicit consent)

4. Transfers

We do not sell your data. We share it only with:

Suppliers providing hosting, storage, email and analytics services (as data processors)
Competent public authorities where required by law or official request

Some of these suppliers (e.g. cloud storage and web analytics services) have servers abroad. These transfers are made in line with the safeguards in KVKK Art. 9.

5. Retention

We keep your data for as long as your membership continues and for statutory periods. When these periods end, or upon your request, we delete, destroy or anonymize it under KVKK Art. 7.

6. Your Rights (KVKK Art. 11)

You may apply to us to:

Learn whether your data is processed and, if so, request information
Learn the purpose of processing and whether data is used accordingly
Know the third parties in Türkiye or abroad to whom data is transferred
Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data
Request deletion or destruction under KVKK Art. 7
Request that corrections and deletions be notified to recipients
Object to a result against you arising solely from automated analysis
Claim compensation for damage caused by unlawful processing

Contact: [email protected]

7. Security and Cookies

Data in transit is encrypted with TLS. Passwords are stored using one-way hash algorithms.
Do not share your password. You are responsible for information sent via unencrypted email.
We use cookies to maintain sessions, improve the experience and collect statistics. See our Cookie Policy for details.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We announce material changes on the site and, where necessary, by email. The current version is always published on this page.

9. Contact

General: [email protected]
Web: www.edebiyatla.com