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Last updated: 26 May 2026

This Privacy Notice is provided by Karaboğa Law Office (the "Firm"), acting as data controller under Turkey's Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("KVKK"), to inform data subjects who visit our website (karabogahukuk.com) or otherwise contact us.

1. Identity of the Data Controller

The data controller under the KVKK and related legislation is:

  • Name: Karaboğa Law Office
  • Address: İnönü Mah. Ankara Cad. No: 17/2 Sancaktepe / Istanbul, Türkiye
  • Phone: +90 (532) 254 39 66 — +90 (507) 028 86 16
  • Contact form: karabogahukuk.com/en/pages/contact.html

2. Categories of Personal Data Processed

When you reach out to us through our website, the following categories of personal data may be processed:

  • Identity data: your first and last name, if provided in the contact form.
  • Contact data: your e-mail address and, optionally, your phone number.
  • Client / case-intake data: the subject and content of your message; the nature of the legal matter you submit to us.
  • Transaction security data: technical data generated as part of bot protection (hCaptcha), your IP address and browser information.
  • Preference data: settings stored locally on your device, such as the visual theme (light/dark mode) you select.

We recommend that you do not share special-category personal data (such as health or biometric data) in your message. Such data will only be processed for the purposes stated in this notice and subject to your explicit consent where required.

3. Purposes of Processing

Your personal data is processed for the following purposes:

  • Evaluating and responding to your requests for legal counsel and advocacy services,
  • Communicating with you, answering your questions and, where appropriate, arranging appointments,
  • Operating the website in a secure, uninterrupted and functional manner,
  • Protecting the contact form against automated bots and preventing misuse,
  • Fulfilling our obligations under the Attorneys Act, Union of Turkish Bar Associations rules and other applicable legislation,
  • Fulfilling information obligations toward competent public authorities.

4. Means of Collection and Legal Grounds

Your personal data is collected through the contact form on our website, by phone, by e-mail and through direct applications, in electronic or physical form. Under Articles 5 and 6 of the KVKK, we rely on the following legal grounds:

  • Necessary for the establishment or performance of a contract: assessment of legal counsel / representation requests submitted to us.
  • Compliance with a legal obligation: obligations under the Attorneys Act and related legislation.
  • Legitimate interest: safeguarding site security, preventing misuse and maintaining service quality.
  • Explicit consent: processing activities that do not fall under any of the grounds above are carried out based on the explicit consent you provide via the consent checkbox on the contact form.

5. Transfer of Personal Data

Your personal data may be transferred to the following parties under Articles 8 and 9 of the KVKK:

  • Competent public authorities: courts, public prosecutors' offices, enforcement offices, bar associations and administrative authorities — strictly to the extent required to comply with legal obligations.
  • Service providers: providers of website hosting, form delivery (Web3Forms), bot protection (hCaptcha), content delivery network (Cloudflare) and fonts (Google Fonts). Some of these services may be located outside Türkiye; in such cases we take care to ensure the safeguards required under Article 9 of the KVKK.

Your data is not shared with, sold to or rented to third parties for marketing, profiling or commercial gain.

6. Data Subject Rights (KVKK Article 11)

As a data subject, by applying to the Firm you may exercise the following rights:

  • Learn whether your personal data is processed,
  • Request information if it has been processed,
  • Learn the purpose of processing and whether the data is used in line with that purpose,
  • Know the third parties — in Türkiye or abroad — to whom your data has been transferred,
  • Request the correction of incomplete or inaccurate data,
  • Request the erasure or destruction of your data under the conditions in Article 7 of the KVKK,
  • Request that correction, erasure or destruction actions be communicated to third parties to whom the data was transferred,
  • Object to a result that arises against you based on automated processing,
  • Claim compensation for damages arising from unlawful processing of your personal data.

7. How to Submit a Request

You may submit your data subject requests in accordance with the "Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles for Application to the Data Controller" through one of the following methods:

  • In writing: by a signed petition together with documents verifying your identity, sent to İnönü Mah. Ankara Cad. No: 17/2 Sancaktepe / Istanbul, Türkiye,
  • Contact form: karabogahukuk.com/en/pages/contact.html,
  • Phone: +90 (532) 254 39 66 / +90 (507) 028 86 16 for an initial conversation.

Depending on the nature of the request, your application will be answered free of charge within thirty (30) days at the latest. If the process incurs additional costs, a fee may be charged in accordance with the tariff set by the Personal Data Protection Board.

8. Cookies

For detailed information about the cookies and similar tracking technologies used on our site, please see our Cookie Policy.

9. Changes

Karaboğa Law Office reserves the right to amend this Privacy Notice in line with changes in legislation and our internal practices. The current version will always be published on this page.