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Clarification Text on the Processing of Personal Data under Article 10 of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698
Last updated: 4 September 2026
This Privacy Notice is provided by Lokmanhekim Law Firm ("the Firm"), acting as data controller within the meaning of the Turkish Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 ("KVKK"), to inform visitors about personal data processed in connection with the Site and communications they initiate using the contact details published on it.
1. Data Controller
Lokmanhekim Law Firm
Attorney Berke Lokmanhekim, member of the Istanbul Bar Association
Bar registry no: 69475
Address: Caferağa Mah. Şifa Sk. No: 19, 34710 Kadıköy / Istanbul
Telephone: +90 850 242 42 89
E-mail: info@lthukuk.com
2. Personal Data We Process
- Identity and contact data: your name, surname, e-mail address, telephone number, title, and organization where you choose to provide them.
- Request and correspondence data: the subject and content of an e-mail or other communication you send to the Firm.
- Technical request data: an IP address, request date and time, requested URL, browser or user-agent information, and response status may be processed at the hosting and content-delivery layer.
- Language preference: the Turkish or English selection stored locally in your browser under the key lh-lang.
The contact interface does not submit information to a website database. It opens a draft in your own e-mail application, and the information reaches the Firm only if you choose to send the message. Please do not include confidential case details, documents, or special categories of personal data in an initial message.
3. Purposes of Processing
- receiving, evaluating, and responding to communications you initiate,
- taking steps requested by you before a possible legal-services engagement,
- keeping necessary correspondence records,
- delivering and protecting the Site and preventing misuse,
- complying with applicable legal and professional obligations, and
- establishing, exercising, or protecting legal rights where necessary.
4. Legal Grounds for Processing
Depending on the context, personal data is processed where necessary for steps taken at your request before a contract or for the performance of a contract (Article 5/2(c)); compliance with a legal obligation (Article 5/2(ç)); the establishment, exercise, or protection of a right (Article 5/2(e)); or the Firm's legitimate interests in secure Site operation and correspondence management, provided that your fundamental rights and freedoms are not harmed (Article 5/2(f)). Explicit consent is relied upon only where required and no other legal ground applies.
5. Method of Collection
Personal data is collected electronically through e-mails and telephone communications you initiate and, for technical request data, through the Site's hosting and content-delivery infrastructure. The language preference is stored only in your browser's local storage and is not submitted to the Firm through the Site.
6. Transfer of Personal Data
Personal data is not sold or shared for advertising or marketing. It may be transferred, where necessary and proportionate, to authorized public institutions, courts, and enforcement authorities; to the Firm's e-mail, information-technology, and hosting providers; and where required for the establishment, exercise, or protection of legal rights.
The Site is hosted through Netlify, Inc. and delivered through an international content-delivery infrastructure. Technical request data processed at the hosting layer may therefore be handled outside Türkiye. Any transfer for which the Firm is responsible is subject to Article 9 of the KVKK and the applicable legal transfer mechanism.
7. Retention
Personal data is retained only for as long as required by the purposes above and applicable statutory retention or limitation periods. It is then erased, destroyed, or anonymized in accordance with Article 7 of the KVKK and applicable secondary legislation.
8. Your Rights under Article 11 of the KVKK
You may apply to the Firm to learn whether your personal data is processed; request information; learn the purpose of processing and the recipients of transfers; request rectification, erasure, or destruction where the statutory conditions are met; request notification of those actions to recipients; object to a result arising exclusively from automated analysis; and claim compensation for damage caused by unlawful processing.
9. How to Exercise Your Rights
You may submit a request in accordance with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller:
- in writing, delivered in person or through a notary public to Caferağa Mah. Şifa Sk. No: 19, 34710 Kadıköy / Istanbul, or
- with a secure electronic signature or mobile signature, or from an e-mail address previously notified to the Firm and registered in its records, to info@lthukuk.com.
The application must contain the information required by applicable legislation to identify the applicant and the request. Applications are concluded as soon as possible and no later than thirty days. A fee may be charged only where permitted by the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.