Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains which cookies and similar technologies are used on akkatoglu.com, operated by Akkatoğlu Demir Çelik Sanayi İthalat İhracat ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi as data controller, for what purposes they are used and how you can manage your preferences. For general information on how we process personal data, please see our Privacy Notice.
Manage your preferences:
1. What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device through your browser. Similar technologies such as local storage work in the same way. Data obtained through cookies may constitute personal data under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”).
2. Cookies used on this website
| Name | Provider | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | akkatoglu.com | Strictly necessary | Keeps your session and language choice while you browse. | Session |
| akk_consent | akkatoglu.com | Strictly necessary | Stores your cookie preferences and a random consent ID so we do not ask again and can prove consent. | 180 days |
| _gcl_au | Google Ads (set on akkatoglu.com) | Advertising / marketing | Conversion measurement for Google Ads campaigns. | 90 days |
| _gcl_ls (local storage) | Google Ads | Advertising / marketing | Conversion measurement for Google Ads campaigns. | Approx. 90 days |
| IDE, test_cookie and other doubleclick.net cookies | Google (third party) | Advertising / marketing | Ad measurement and anti-fraud by Google. | 15 minutes to 13 months |
| NID, CONSENT, SOCS, AEC and other google.com cookies | Google Maps (third party) | Third-party content | Set by Google when the embedded map is displayed. | 6 to 13 months |
Only the strictly necessary cookies are set when you first visit. Advertising cookies and the embedded map are loaded only after you give consent.
3. Legal basis
- Strictly necessary cookies are processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in operating the website (KVKK Art. 5/2-f) and, for the consent record, our legal obligation to prove consent (Art. 5/2-ç). No consent is required for these cookies.
- Advertising cookies and third-party content are processed only on the basis of your explicit consent (KVKK Art. 5/1). Data collected through them is transferred to Google LLC / Google Ireland Limited abroad on the basis of your explicit consent (KVKK Art. 9).
4. Managing your preferences and withdrawing consent
- When you first visit, the cookie banner lets you Accept All, Reject All or Manage Preferences by category.
- You can change or withdraw your choice at any time via the “Cookie Preferences” link in the footer or the button above. When you withdraw consent, the related cookies on our domain are deleted and the page reloads so that the related scripts stop.
- Your preferences are asked again when this policy changes (version 2026-10-16) or after 180 days.
- You can also delete or block cookies in your browser settings: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of the website from working.
5. Consent records
To fulfil our obligation to prove consent, we record the date of your choice, the categories you allowed or rejected, the policy version and a random consent identifier. We do not record your IP address or identity with this record. Records are kept for the validity period of the consent and for 3 years thereafter.
6. Your rights
Your rights under Article 11 of the KVKK and how to exercise them are described in our Privacy Notice and on the Data Subject Request page.