Last updated: November 14, 2026

This Privacy & Cookie Policy explains how Turkish Dishes (turkishdishes.net, “we”, “us”) collects, uses and protects your personal data when you visit our website, and what choices you have. It applies to visitors from all countries, including the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the United States and Türkiye.

1. Who we are

Turkish Dishes is a recipe website operated by Ümit Durat, based in Türkiye, who is the data controller for the personal data described in this policy.

Contact: contact@turkishdishes.net

2. What data we collect

  • Comments and recipe ratings: When you leave a comment or rate a recipe, we collect the name, email address and website you enter, your comment or rating, your IP address and browser user agent. Your email address is never published.
  • Contact form and email: When you contact us through the contact form or by email, we receive your name, email address and message.
  • Usage data: With your consent where required, we collect information about how you use the site (pages visited, approximate location, device and browser type) through Google Analytics.
  • Advertising data: Google AdSense and its partners may collect cookie identifiers, IP address and browsing information to show and measure ads, as described in section 4.

We do not sell products, we do not run user accounts for visitors, and we do not knowingly collect sensitive personal data.

3. How and why we use your data (legal bases)

  • To publish and moderate comments and ratings – legitimate interest in running an interactive recipe site.
  • To answer your messages – legitimate interest, or steps taken at your request.
  • To protect the site against spam and abuse – legitimate interest in security.
  • To measure site usage (analytics) – your consent where required by law.
  • To show advertising – your consent where required by law (for example in the EEA, UK and Switzerland); elsewhere, our legitimate interest in funding free content, subject to your right to opt out.

4. Cookies and advertising

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use:

  • Strictly necessary cookies – for example, to remember your comment details or your privacy choices.
  • Analytics cookies – Google Analytics, to understand how visitors use the site.
  • Advertising cookies – Google AdSense and its partners.

Google AdSense: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or