Privacy Notice

As Mordem Art and Ecological Living Association (the “Association”), acting as data controller under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”), we process the personal data of visitors to mordemsanat.com.tr and of people who contact us as described in this notice.

1. Data controller

Mordem Sanat ve Ekolojik Yaşam Derneği (Mordem Art and Ecological Living Association)
Address: Diclekent Villaları 251. Sokak No:30, 21070 Kayapınar / Diyarbakır, Türkiye
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +90 546 896 77 02

2. Personal data we process

  • Security data: IP address, browser and device information, date and time of visit, pages viewed (server and security logs).
  • Cookie data: your cookie preference and, unless you object, visit statistics (Google Analytics); in addition, aggregate visit statistics that use no cookies and do not identify visitors (Cloudflare Web Analytics). See the Cookie Policy for details.
  • Contact data: your name, contact details and message when you reach us by e-mail, phone or social media.
  • Donation data: name, amount and description forwarded by the bank when you donate by bank transfer.
  • Images and recordings: photos and videos taken at our events and published on the website or our social media accounts.

The website has no user accounts, contact form, newsletter or online payment; no such data is collected through the website.

3. Purposes of processing

  • Operating and securing the website and preventing abuse and attacks,
  • Measuring visit statistics and improving the website,
  • Answering your questions, requests and applications,
  • Recording donations and meeting obligations under association and tax legislation,
  • Announcing and archiving our events and activities,
  • Complying with legal obligations and requests from competent authorities.

4. Collection method and legal grounds

Personal data is collected automatically through the website (server logs and cookies) and via e-mail, phone, social media and banks, and is processed on the following legal grounds under Article 5 of the KVKK:

  • Necessity for the conclusion or performance of a contract (Art. 5/2-c) — donations,
  • Compliance with a legal obligation (Art. 5/2-ç) — accounting, association legislation,
  • Establishment, exercise or protection of a right (Art. 5/2-e),
  • The Association’s legitimate interest, provided it does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms (Art. 5/2-f) — website security, visit statistics (analytics cookies and cookieless statistics), answering your requests, event archive.

It is announced at our events that photos and videos are being taken. If you do not want an image of you to be published, contact us and it will be removed.

5. Transfer of personal data

Your personal data may be shared, limited to the purposes above, with:

  • Our service providers: server/hosting provider, content delivery, security and cookieless visit statistics service (Cloudflare, Inc. – Cloudflare Web Analytics) and the visit statistics service (Google LLC – Google Analytics),
  • Banks and our accountant,
  • Public authorities and courts legally entitled to request it.

Since Cloudflare’s and Google’s servers are located abroad, using these services results in personal data being transferred outside Türkiye. Such transfers are made in accordance with the conditions and appropriate safeguards (standard contract) set out in Article 9 of the KVKK.

6. Retention period

Personal data is kept for as long as the purpose of processing requires and for the periods set by the relevant legislation (e.g. 10 years for financial records). Server and security logs are kept for at most 2 years. Data whose retention period has expired is deleted, destroyed or anonymised.

7. Your rights

Under Article 11 of the KVKK, you have the right to apply to the Association to:

  • Learn whether your personal data is processed,
  • Request information about the processing,
  • Learn the purpose of processing and whether data is used accordingly,
  • Know the third parties in Türkiye or abroad to whom data is transferred,
  • Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data,
  • Request deletion or destruction of data under the conditions of Article 7 of the KVKK,
  • Request that correction, deletion or destruction be notified to third parties to whom data was transferred,
  • Object to a result against you arising exclusively from automated analysis of your data,
  • Claim compensation for damages arising from unlawful processing.

You can object to processing based on analytics cookies at any time by choosing “Decline” via the Cookie preferences link at the bottom of the page.

8. How to apply

You can send your requests, in accordance with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller, by a signed letter to the address above, by registered electronic mail (KEP), secure electronic signature or mobile signature, or from an e-mail address you have previously provided to the Association to [email protected]. Requests are answered free of charge within 30 days at the latest; if the process requires additional cost, the fee set by the Personal Data Protection Board may be charged. If your request is rejected, you find the answer insufficient or no answer is given in time, you may file a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Board.

Last updated: 24 October 2026. This is a translation; in case of any discrepancy, the Turkish text prevails.