Last updated: 13 September 2026
This privacy policy explains which personal data is processed when you visit serkancura.com (the “Site”), for what purpose and on which legal basis. The Site is a personal blog operated by Serkan Cura, who is the data controller under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK, Law No. 6698) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. Data controller and contact
Data controller: Serkan Cura
E-mail: se****@********ra.com
You can send any request regarding this policy or your rights to this address or via the contact page.
2. What data do we collect?
- Server logs: IP address, date/time, requested page, browser and operating system, referring URL. Collected automatically for security and troubleshooting and kept for at most 30 days.
- Comments: the name, e-mail address, optional website, comment text and IP address you provide when commenting. Your e-mail address is never published. Comments are sent to Akismet (Automattic Inc.) and CleanTalk for spam detection.
- Contact form and e-mail: your name, e-mail address and message are used only to reply to you; the message is delivered by e-mail through the Jetpack (Automattic) infrastructure.
- Usage statistics: anonymised page views, sessions and device information via Google Analytics and Jetpack Stats.
- Cookies: see the “Cookies” section below.
The Site does not offer accounts, payments or collect identity documents. We do not knowingly process personal data of children under 16.
3. Purposes and legal bases
- Secure and uninterrupted operation of the Site, attack and spam detection — legitimate interest (KVKK art. 5/2-f, GDPR art. 6(1)(f)).
- Answering comments and contact requests — legitimate interest / fulfilling your request.
- Statistics and advertising cookies — your consent (KVKK art. 5/1, GDPR art. 6(1)(a)). You can withdraw consent at any time through the cookie notice.
- Compliance with legal obligations (e.g. requests from public authorities) — legal obligation.
4. Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored in your browser. The Site uses the following categories:
| Category | Purpose | Example provider | Consent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Site operation, security, remembering your cookie choice, caching | WordPress, LiteSpeed, CleanTalk | Not required |
| Statistics | Visitor counts and usage analysis | Google Analytics, Jetpack (Automattic) | Required |
| Advertising | Ad delivery, interest-based ads, ad measurement | Google AdSense / DoubleClick | Required |
| Embedded content | Displaying third-party content such as YouTube, Vimeo, Google Calendar, JotForm | Respective provider | Required |
You can manage your preferences through the cookie notice shown on the Site, and you can delete or block cookies in your browser settings. Blocking necessary cookies may break some features of the Site.
5. Advertising (Google AdSense)
The Site uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this Site or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies (including the DoubleClick cookie) enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
- You may opt out of other third-party vendors’ cookies at aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.eu.
- How Google uses data from partner sites: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
For visitors from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, advertising cookies are set only after consent is given through the cookie notice. Sponsored or advertorial posts are clearly labelled within the post.
6. Third parties we share data with
We never sell your personal data. It is shared only with the service providers below, to the extent required by the respective service:
- Google LLC — AdSense (advertising), Analytics and Tag Manager (statistics), YouTube and Calendar embeds. Privacy policy
- Automattic Inc. — Jetpack (stats, likes, contact form), Akismet (spam filtering), Gravatar (comment avatars). Privacy policy
- CleanTalk Inc. — comment and form spam filtering. Privacy policy
- LiteSpeed Technologies / QUIC.cloud — caching and content delivery network (CDN). Privacy policy
- JotForm Inc. — chat assistant and forms on the Site. Privacy policy
- Vimeo Inc. — video embeds. Privacy policy
Some of these providers operate servers outside Türkiye and the EU; transfers rely on the provider’s standard contractual clauses and KVKK art. 9. Where legally required, data may be disclosed to competent public authorities.
7. Retention
- Server logs: at most 30 days.
- Comments: as long as they are published; you may request deletion.
- Contact messages: at most 1 year after a reply is sent.
- Analytics data: 14 months in Google Analytics, then deleted automatically.
8. Your rights
Under KVKK art. 11 and GDPR arts. 15–22 you have the right to learn whether your personal data is processed, to request information, rectification or erasure, to object to processing, to data portability and to withdraw consent. Send requests to se****@********ra.com; they are answered within 30 days at the latest. You may also lodge a complaint with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority or the supervisory authority in your country.
9. External links and content
Posts on the Site reflect the author’s personal views and experience; they are for information only and do not constitute professional advice. The Site may link to third-party websites whose privacy practices we are not responsible for. Quoted material is attributed to its source; content from the Site may be quoted with attribution and a link.
10. Changes
This policy is updated when necessary; the current version is always published on this page together with the “Last updated” date.