Privacy Policy

This page explains, in plain words, what information turkeytourism.com collects, why, and what you can do about it. It matches our Privacy & Cookies page.

Last updated: 11 November 2026

Who we are

Turkey Tourism (turkeytourism.com) is an independent travel guide to Türkiye. For any privacy question or request, email [email protected].

What we collect

1. Visit statistics (Google Analytics 4), only with your permission

  • When you first visit, a box asks whether you accept analytics cookies. Nothing is stored for analytics until you click “Accept”.
  • If you accept, Google Analytics 4 counts visits and shows which guides and partner links are used. We use it only for statistics, with IP anonymisation, and we do not use advertising or personalisation features.
  • If you reject, Google Analytics runs in its privacy mode without cookies and does not identify you; it may send anonymous, cookieless signals that help estimate overall visits.
  • Your choice is saved in your own browser (local storage key tt_consent). Clear this site’s data in your browser to change it.

2. Reviews you choose to send

Our review form does not ask for your email address or any contact details. You give only a name or nickname, your country, the month and year of your visit, your ratings and your review, and all of these are shown publicly with the review. We record the date you gave permission. To stop spam, we keep only a one-way code of your connection for 24 hours; we do not store your IP address. Please do not include personal details in your review text.

3. Emails you send us

If you email us, we keep your message and email address so that we can reply.

What we do not do

  • We do not sell or rent your data.
  • We do not use advertising or retargeting cookies.
  • There are no user accounts and no newsletter.
  • We do not take bookings or payments ourselves.

Third-party services on our pages

  • GetYourGuide: some pages show tour widgets and links from our booking partner GetYourGuide. If you click or book, GetYourGuide processes your data under its own privacy policy. These links are marked as sponsored.
  • Sponsored listings: some businesses pay for clearly labelled “Sponsored” listings; their links are marked as sponsored. Paid listings never change our editorial guides.
  • Google Fonts: some text styles are loaded from Google’s servers, which receive your IP address when the page loads.
  • Maps: a few pages show an interactive map; the map library and map tiles are loaded from unpkg.com and OpenStreetMap, which receive your IP address when the map appears.
  • Cloudflare: our site is delivered through Cloudflare, which protects the site and may process technical data such as IP addresses for security.

How long we keep data

  • Analytics: according to the retention setting in Google Analytics.
  • Reviews: for as long as the review is published, or until you ask us to remove it (email us with the review’s page and date).
  • Emails: for as long as needed to answer and follow up your request.

Your rights

You can ask us what data we hold about you, and ask us to correct or delete it, or to remove your review, by emailing [email protected]. Depending on where you live, you may also have the right to complain to your data protection authority.

Children

This site is written for adults planning travel. Please do not send us personal information if you are under 16.

Changes

If we change how we handle data, we will update this page and the date at the top.