Cookie Policy

Last updated: 1 June 2025 · Effective: 1 June 2025

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to remember your actions and preferences over time, so you don't have to re-enter them whenever you return or navigate between pages.

Similar technologies — including local storage, session storage, and pixel tags — work in comparable ways and are covered by this policy.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary

These cannot be disabled — the site will not function without them.

Session management (keeping you logged in)
Security tokens (CSRF protection)
Cookie consent preference storage

Analytics & Performance

Help us understand how visitors interact with mehmetkoc so we can improve the experience.

Google Analytics 4 — page views, session duration, traffic sources
Internal error-logging cookies
Recipe engagement metrics (saves, views, print events)

Marketing & Advertising

Used to serve relevant content and measure ad effectiveness. Consent is required.

Google Ads conversion tracking
Retargeting pixels (Google, Meta)
Newsletter personalisation (Mailchimp)

3. Why We Use Cookies

To keep the site secure and functional for all visitors
To remember your recipe preferences and saved collections
To measure which Anatolian recipes and articles are most popular
To deliver content and ads relevant to your culinary interests
To comply with legal obligations around data protection

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are set by trusted third-party services we use. We do not control those cookies; please review each provider's own privacy policy:

Provider	Purpose	Policy
Google Analytics	Traffic analysis	policies.google.com/privacy
Google Ads	Ad conversion tracking	policies.google.com/privacy
Meta (Facebook)	Social retargeting	facebook.com/privacy/policy
Mailchimp	Email personalisation	mailchimp.com/legal/privacy
YouTube	Embedded recipe videos	policies.google.com/privacy

5. How to Manage or Disable Cookies

You have several options to control cookies:

Cookie banner: Use the consent panel shown on your first visit to accept, reject, or customise non-essential cookies.
Browser settings: All major browsers allow you to block or delete cookies via their settings menus. Note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may break site functionality.
Opt-out tools: Google Analytics: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. For interest-based ads: youronlinechoices.eu (EU) or optout.aboutads.info (US).
Do Not Track: We respect browser-level DNT signals where technically feasible.

6. Your Consent

When you first visit mehmetkoc, a cookie banner asks for your consent to analytics and marketing cookies. Strictly necessary cookies require no consent as they are essential to operate the site.

You may withdraw or update your consent at any time by clicking "Cookie Settings" in the site footer. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before withdrawal.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when we add new features, integrate new third-party services, or when laws change. Material changes will be announced via a notice on our homepage and an updated "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of mehmetkoc after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

8. Contact Us

Questions about our use of cookies? Reach us at:

mehmetkoc — Authentic Flavors of Anatolia

Email: [email protected]

Postal: mehmetkoc Publishing, Karaköy, Istanbul, Turkey

This Cookie Policy is part of our broader Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

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