Updated: 28 Oct 2025
This page sets forth the general terms and conditions governing the use of ozgekarasu.com (“Site”) by visitors or users (“User”).
By accessing or interacting with the Site, you agree to comply with these rules.
1) Scope and Ownership
The Site is owned and operated by Özge Karasu.
All materials — including text, articles, visuals, photographs, layouts, source code, and data compilations — are protected by applicable copyright and intellectual property laws.
Short quotations for educational or commentary purposes are permitted with clear and visible attribution to ozgekarasu.com.
Reproduction, distribution, modification, or commercial use of any content without prior written authorization is strictly prohibited.
2) Acceptable Use and Conduct
By using the Site, you agree not to:
- Upload, post, or transmit any unlawful, unethical, defamatory, discriminatory, harassing, hateful, or misleading content;
- Engage in spam, mass messaging, pyramid or MLM schemes, or automated bot activities;
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access, perform reverse engineering, exploit vulnerabilities, or disrupt the Site’s security or performance;
- Misrepresent your identity or impersonate another person.
Users are expected to act respectfully and in good faith, adhering to digital ethics and applicable law.
3) Contributions and Interactive Features
If the Site provides comment sections, contact forms, or other interactive functions:
- You are solely responsible for the content you submit.
- Submitted content must comply with these Terms and applicable laws.
- Content violating these rules may be edited, moderated, or deleted without prior notice. Repeated violations may result in restricted or blocked access.
- In response to valid legal requests, limited technical data (e.g., anonymized logs or timestamps) may be shared, in accordance with applicable data protection regulations.
The Site does not collect personal data unless voluntarily provided (e.g., through a contact or subscription form). Such data is processed in compliance with the Privacy Policy.
4) Intellectual Property and Attribution
All original texts, visuals, and designs on the Site are the intellectual property of Özge Karasu.
Educational, critical, or journalistic quotations are allowed within fair use limits and must include an explicit and clickable citation to ozgekarasu.com.
Third-party images, icons, or libraries used on the Site are licensed under their respective terms and credited appropriately.
5) External Links
The Site may include links to external websites.
These third-party sites are operated independently and are governed by their own privacy and security policies.
ozgekarasu.com assumes no responsibility for the content, data handling, or accessibility of such external links.
6) Service Continuity and Disclaimer
While every effort is made to ensure uptime and reliability, the Site may be temporarily unavailable due to maintenance, updates, or unexpected technical issues.
ozgekarasu.com is not liable for service interruptions, data loss, or indirect damages resulting from such events.
All information on the Site is provided “as is” for informational purposes only and should not be construed as professional or legal advice.
7) Privacy, Security, and Cookies
The Site employs modern security and privacy mechanisms, including:
- Cloudflare for DNS management, SSL/TLS encryption, and firewall protection;
- Supabase for secure storage of contact and subscription form data (RLS enabled, tokens automatically deleted after 30 days);
- Brevo (Sendinblue) for verified email delivery of subscription confirmations;
- Google reCAPTCHA v2/v3 to prevent spam and automated abuse;
- Google Analytics 4 with IP anonymization for aggregate visitor statistics.
Only essential cookies are active by default to ensure site functionality and security.
No advertising, profiling, or cross-site tracking cookies are used.
For details about data processing and user rights, please see the Privacy Policy.
8) Compliance with Laws
All activities and data processing carried out by the Site are designed to comply with:
- EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),
- UK GDPR,
- California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), and
- Turkish Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK).
Users accessing the Site from other jurisdictions are responsible for ensuring compliance with their local laws.
9) Updates to These Terms
These "Site Rules / Terms of Use" may be updated periodically to reflect technical or legal developments.
The “Updated” date above indicates the latest version.
Continued use of the Site after changes implies acceptance of the revised terms.
10) Contact
For any inquiries, feedback, or legal notices, please contact:
contact@ozgekarasu.com