Privacy Policy

2.1 Information You Provide

• Contact form data — name, email address, and message content when you use our contact form.
• Comments — name, email, and comment content when you leave a comment on our blog or travel guide pages.
• Language preference — your selected language (en, tr, ru, ko, ja, es) to serve content in your preferred language.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

• Usage data — pages visited, time spent on pages, navigation paths, and device information (browser type, operating system, screen resolution).
• IP address — used in anonymized form for analytics and security purposes.
• Cookies and similar technologies — as described in Section 3 below.

4.1 Supabase

We use Supabase (Supabase Inc.) as our backend platform to store and process contact form submissions and comments. Supabase acts as a data processor on our behalf. Data is stored in the European Union. Supabase's privacy policy: supabase.com/privacy

4.2 Cloudflare Turnstile

We use Cloudflare Turnstile to protect our contact form and comment sections from spam and automated abuse. Turnstile may collect device fingerprints and browser data to verify you are a human user. Cloudflare's privacy policy: cloudflare.com/privacypolicies

4.3 CloudFront CDN

We use Amazon CloudFront as our content delivery network to serve images and static assets with improved performance. CloudFront may log IP addresses, request timestamps, and referrer URLs as described in AWS privacy practices. Amazon's privacy notice: aws.amazon.com/privacy

GDPR Rights (EU/EEA Users — Articles 13–21)

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, you have the following rights:

• Right of Access (Art. 15) — obtain confirmation and a copy of your personal data.
• Right to Rectification (Art. 16) — request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to Erasure (Art. 17) — request deletion of your personal data (“right to be forgotten”).
• Right to Restriction (Art. 18) — request that we limit processing of your data.
• Right to Data Portability (Art. 20) — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Right to Object (Art. 21) — object to processing based on legitimate interest or for direct marketing.
• Right to be Informed (Art. 13–14) — clear information about data collection and processing, as provided in this policy.

KVKK Rights (Turkey-Based Users)

Under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK No. 6698), you have the following rights per Article 11:

• Learn whether your personal data is being processed.
• Request information if your data has been processed.
• Learn the purpose of processing and whether data is used appropriately.
• Know the third parties to whom your data is transferred domestically or abroad.
• Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data.
• Request deletion or destruction of your data under Article 7.
• Request notification of corrections, deletions, or destruction to third parties.
• Object to detrimental results arising from analysis of your data exclusively by automated systems.
• Claim compensation for damages caused by unlawful processing of your data.