Website Cookie Information Notice
Last updated: October 2026
1. About this notice
As Karagözlüler Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi (“Karagözlüler Tekstil” or the “Company”), acting in our capacity as data controller, we explain in this notice, pursuant to Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”), which cookies and similar technologies we use during your visit to the www.karagozlulertekstil.com website (the “Website”), the purposes for which we use them and how you can control them. General information on the processing of your personal data is available on our Personal Data Protection page.
2. What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that the website you visit saves in your browser. The browser’s local storage (localStorage) is used in a similar way to store information on your device. In this notice, we refer to both together as “cookies”.
3. We do not use tracking or advertising cookies
Our Website does not use any cookies intended for advertising, remarketing, social media tracking or tracking visitors across websites. Merely browsing the Website does not cause any cookie to be saved on your device. All of the cookies we use are listed below; they are saved only when you make a choice or use a function, and they are strictly necessary for the Website to work in the way you request.
4. Cookies we use
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| dil_tercihi | Cookie, first party | Saved to remember your preferred language when you select a language from the language menu or from the language suggestion bar at the bottom of the screen, or when you close the bar. It contains only the code of the selected language (for example “en”). | 1 year |
| harita_onay | Browser local storage, first party | Saved when you press the “Show the map” button on the contact page, so that on your subsequent visits the map is displayed without waiting for your consent again. | Until you delete it |
| kpanel, panel_tema, panel_dil | Session cookie and local storage, first party | Used only for authorised persons who log in to the Website’s administration panel: they keep the session running and remember the light or dark appearance of the panel and the language last worked in. They are not saved for Website visitors. | The session cookie expires when the browser is closed; the session expires after no more than 2 hours of inactivity |
5. Third-party services
- Map (OpenStreetMap): The map on the contact page is not loaded until you press the “Show the map” button. When you press it, the map images are retrieved from the servers of the OpenStreetMap Foundation; in the process, your IP address and browser information are transmitted to these servers. Further information: osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy
- Infrastructure and security (Cloudflare): For security and speed, the Website is delivered via the infrastructure of Cloudflare, Inc.; the requests you make to the Website (including your IP address and browser information) pass through Cloudflare servers. The Cloudflare Web Analytics service collects aggregated and anonymous statistics, such as the number of page views and page load times, without using cookies. Where Cloudflare considers it necessary to protect against attacks, it may save a strictly necessary security cookie (for example “__cf_bm”). Further information: cloudflare.com/privacypolicy
- Content served from our own server: The promotional films, photographs and fonts on the Website are served from our own server; no requests are made to third parties for them. Links to our social media accounts open the relevant platform only when you click them; the Website contains no plug-ins or cookies of these platforms.
6. Legal basis and transfer
The limited data processed by means of the cookies above are processed for the purpose of ensuring that the Website works securely and in the way you request, on the legal basis set out in Article 5(2)(f) of the KVKK, namely that the processing of data is necessary for the legitimate interests of our Company, provided that this does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms. Within the scope of the map and infrastructure services, your IP address and browser information may be transmitted to servers of the service providers mentioned above, which may be located abroad.
7. How can you control cookies?
You can view, delete or block cookies and site data in your browser settings. Blocking the “dil_tercihi” cookie only means that your language preference will not be remembered; if you delete the map consent, the map will wait for your consent again on your next visit. Help pages of common browsers:
8. Your rights and applications
Your rights under Article 11 of the KVKK are explained on our Personal Data Protection page. You can submit your applications using the Data Subject Application Form. Your applications will be concluded free of charge as soon as possible, depending on the nature of the request, and within thirty (30) days at the latest; if the action additionally entails a cost, a fee may be charged in accordance with the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.
Data controller: Karagözlüler Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi, Fatih Caddesi Kayacık Sokak Filiz Han No:22 Floor 1, Merter, Güngören / Istanbul. E-mail: [email protected]
9. Changes
We update this notice whenever there is a change in the cookies we use. The current version of the notice is always published on this page; you can find the date of the last update at the beginning of the notice.