User and Privacy Agreement

This Agreement is entered into between [iskanunu.com] (hereinafter referred to as “iskanunu”) and internet users who visit iskanunu.com or submit comments or questions through the website (hereinafter referred to as the “User”).

1. iskanunu.com is an information-sharing platform that enables visitors to read content concerning labour law and working life and to comment on or ask questions about such content.

2. By visiting iskanunu.com, the User shall be deemed to have accepted this Agreement.

3. When visiting iskanunu.com, the User undertakes to comply with this Agreement, all other terms of use published or to be published by iskanunu, and the laws and regulations of the Republic of Türkiye. The User shall bear all civil and criminal liability arising from any failure to do so.

4. To comment on content or submit a question on iskanunu.com, the User must authenticate their identity through the commenting system. Data relating to such authentication are not retained by iskanunu.com. Anonymous comments are not permitted.

5. Users may not post comments or content in publicly accessible comment sections on iskanunu.com that disturb, threaten, harass or insult other users. Following a review of the circumstances, iskanunu may restrict or revoke the commenting privileges of Users who breach this rule. Such data may be disclosed in response to lawful requests from competent judicial authorities.

6. The information, data, articles, photographs, tables and legislative summaries available on iskanunu.com are hereinafter collectively referred to as “Content”. The Content is prepared and published by the editors of iskanunu. Users may not upload Content to iskanunu.com; they may only comment on and ask questions about existing Content.

7. iskanunu uses reasonable care to ensure that the Content it publishes is accurate and up to date. However, iskanunu.com is not an official source of legislation, and the Content does not constitute legal, professional or other advice. The User who posts a comment is solely responsible for its accuracy, currency and substance. iskanunu accepts no liability whatsoever for User comments.

8. iskanunu reserves the right, at its sole discretion and at any time, to reject, remove, edit or block any comment without notifying the User who submitted it and without stating any reason. Neither iskanunu.com nor iskanunu shall bear any liability for comments submitted by Users.

9. iskanunu reserves the right to reject, delay, defer publication of or decline to publish any comment, question or other communication submitted by a User, without stating any reason.

10. Except for the purpose of using the services offered through iskanunu.com, the Content may not be used for any other purpose, imitated, altered, distributed or stored. The User may not sell the Content, exploit it for advertising or similar purposes, or use it in any manner that infringes the rights of third parties.

11. No Content published on iskanunu.com may be used or republished in any form or medium without the prior permission of iskanunu, the owner of the publication rights.

12. The User undertakes that comments submitted to iskanunu.com will not contain any material that infringes third-party personality rights or is defamatory, misleading, pornographic, contrary to public morals, insulting, violent, racist, discriminatory or unlawful.

13. Unless requested by iskanunu and/or expressly approved by iskanunu in writing and/or agreed with iskanunu, the User may not place advertisements on iskanunu.com or submit comments containing covert advertising or spam. Please contact iskanunu if you wish to use the services of iskanunu.com for commercial purposes.

14. iskanunu may, in the future, make certain areas or categories of iskanunu.com or certain services offered on the website subject to a fee and may determine such fees unilaterally.

15. Users who comment on or submit questions through iskanunu.com are solely responsible for all actions they take and all comments they submit in connection with such comments or questions.

16. The User is responsible for safeguarding the credentials of the Disqus account used to post comments. The User is responsible for any misuse, including the acquisition of such credentials by third parties and the posting of unlawful comments through the account.

17. The User may not take any action that prevents or impairs other users’ use of iskanunu.com; damages, disrupts or renders databases or servers inoperable; damages any software, hardware or communications component; creates or distributes software, computer code or files containing viruses; attempts to gain unauthorised access to any system, data or password; attempts to decipher or interfere with the algorithms or code underlying the services; republishes Content on other websites without attribution; distributes messages containing legally prohibited information, chain letters, computer viruses or other material capable of harming third parties; or otherwise engages in unlawful conduct that may harm iskanunu or iskanunu.com. iskanunu reserves the right to institute any and all civil and criminal proceedings and to pursue all available remedies in respect of such conduct.

18. If the User breaches this Agreement or uses the services offered through iskanunu.com in bad faith, iskanunu may block or terminate the User’s access to commenting and question-submission functions without stating any reason. iskanunu’s right to pursue legal remedies in such circumstances is reserved.

19. All intellectual and industrial property rights in the Content available on iskanunu.com—including photographs, recipes, methods, code, software, processes, designs, logos and written materials—as well as the iskanunu brand, the iskanunu.com domain name, its subdomains and all related pages, are owned by iskanunu or have been duly licensed by the relevant rights holders for use by iskanunu. Accordingly, such materials may not, without iskanunu’s permission, be used, published, adapted, reproduced, distributed, performed or communicated to the public by any means for transmitting signs, sounds and/or images. iskanunu reserves the right to institute any and all civil and criminal proceedings and to pursue all available remedies in the event of a breach.

20. Content available on iskanunu.com may be quoted within reasonable limits, provided that the source is identified and a link to the relevant Content on our website is included. A quotation will be considered to remain within reasonable limits only where it amounts to a brief summary and does not eliminate the need to visit iskanunu.com in order to understand the Content in full. In all cases, no item of Content may be reproduced in its entirety without iskanunu’s written permission, even where the foregoing conditions are satisfied. The provisions of the Turkish Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works remain reserved.

21. In respect of every comment submitted for publication on iskanunu.com, the User irrevocably assigns to iskanunu.com, without limitation as to territory, term or medium, all copyright and related exploitation rights—including the rights of adaptation, reproduction, distribution, performance and communication to the public by means of devices used to transmit signs, sounds and/or images—and grants a full, royalty-free licence in respect thereof. Accordingly, the User may use such comment only in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 20 of this Agreement. Any other use of the comment is subject to iskanunu’s prior written consent.

22. Where the User does not own the publication rights in material included in a submission—for example, a quotation from another source—the User must provide that material in compliance with the procedures and attribution requirements of the Turkish Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works. Otherwise, the User shall compensate iskanunu.com and iskanunu for all direct and indirect, pecuniary and non-pecuniary losses suffered or liable to be suffered.

23. Although iskanunu uses its best efforts to ensure that iskanunu.com is free from viruses and other harmful content, iskanunu shall not be liable for any loss or damage suffered where the User experiences technical problems, a virus is transmitted to the User’s computer, or damage otherwise occurs. No claim may be brought against iskanunu on such grounds.

24. iskanunu may alter the structure of the services offered through iskanunu.com at any time without prior notice to the User and/or may temporarily or permanently discontinue the services or any of their features.

25. Although iskanunu endeavours to maintain the continuous availability of the Content, services, facilities and other elements provided through iskanunu.com, it does not warrant that publication and/or the services offered on the website will be uninterrupted. iskanunu shall bear no liability in the event of any interruption.

26. iskanunu shall not be liable for any loss of data resulting from the fault of iskanunu or any third party or organisation from which iskanunu procures services.

27. Some information provided by the User to iskanunu is mandatory, such as an email address and IP information, while other information is provided at the User’s discretion. iskanunu may retain such information for as long as it considers necessary in order to provide better services to its users. However, iskanunu will not retain IP information beyond the statutory retention period.

28. Although iskanunu exercises the utmost care in safeguarding User information, it shall not be liable where the system containing User data retained by iskanunu is accessed without authorisation or its operation is disrupted or altered, resulting in information being obtained, modified or deleted. Each time the User visits iskanunu.com, information such as the User’s IP address, operating system, browser, connection time and session duration is recorded automatically. Provided that such information is not shared with third parties, iskanunu may use information collected without the User’s consent either by associating it with personal information or in anonymised form.

29. iskanunu will disclose User information to the relevant authorities upon receipt of a duly issued request from a competent public authority.

30. The User acknowledges that, while visiting iskanunu.com, cookies and JavaScript code or similar tracking technologies used to analyse website usage may be placed on the User’s device. Cookies are simple text files and do not contain identity details or other sensitive information; they store session information and similar data and may be used to recognise the User on a subsequent visit.

31. iskanunu may from time to time include on iskanunu.com or in its newsletters information about and links to third-party websites. If the User follows such links, the third-party websites are not under iskanunu’s control and this Agreement does not apply to them. iskanunu accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of information, use of information, privacy practices or content of those websites.

32. Users who wish to receive news about developments on iskanunu.com and other announcements may subscribe to the email mailing list. Users may unsubscribe by using the relevant link in the email.

33. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of Türkiye. The Istanbul Central (Çağlayan) Courts and Enforcement Offices shall have jurisdiction over any dispute arising from its implementation.

34. The Parties agree, represent and undertake that, in any dispute arising from this Agreement, iskanunu’s books and records and its computer records—including email correspondence, internet traffic data and access logs—shall constitute valid, binding, conclusive and exclusive evidence within the meaning of Article 193 of Turkish Code of Civil Procedure No. 6100, and that this Article constitutes an evidentiary agreement.

35. Notices between the Parties shall be sent to the email address used by the User for communications and to the postal and/or email address specified by iskanunu in this Agreement. Any change to iskanunu’s postal and/or email address will be reflected in this Agreement.

36. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain valid and enforceable.

37. A Party’s failure to exercise, in whole or in part, any right arising under this Agreement, or any conduct inconsistent with such right, shall not constitute a waiver of that right.

38. This Agreement may be revised and updated without prior notice to Users as new features are added to iskanunu.com or new suggestions are received from Users. Users are therefore advised to review this Agreement each time they visit iskanunu.com. This document was last updated on 20 July 2026.

If you have any questions regarding this Agreement or the operation of iskanunu.com, please contact us at [iskanunu@iskanunu.com](mailto:iskanunu@iskanunu.com).

The User represents that they have read, understood and accepted all provisions of this Agreement.