The User and Privacy Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”) has been executed between newstimesturkey.com (hereinafter referred to as “#newstimesturkey”) and internet users who will become members of or visit newstimesturkey.com (hereinafter referred to as the “User”).
#newstimesturkey is a media organization that provides news, articles, multimedia broadcasts, and city guide services to its users through its website, newstimesturkey.com, offering an electronic platform where members can write comments and engage in discussions.
By becoming a member of or visiting newstimesturkey.com, the User is deemed to have accepted this Agreement.
The User is deemed to have committed to complying with this Agreement, any other terms of use published or to be published by newstimesturkey.com, and the legislation of the Republic of Turkey while visiting newstimesturkey.com. Otherwise, all legal and criminal liability shall rest with the User.
To add content to newstimesturkey.com, comment on content under their account, follow other members, and add specific content to favorites, the User must become a member of newstimesturkey.com by using various registration options provided on the GBiD (Global Press ID) page that opens with the “Login” link on the homepage; entering an email address, username, first name, last name, password, and any other requested data; or by logging in with a Facebook account.
No data containing elements of illegality should be present in the membership account. It is prohibited to impersonate someone else, use a name belonging to any individual without permission, or create an aggressive username intended to provoke others.
The User is responsible for providing accurate and complete information for the membership account and keeping this information updated at all times.
If the User becomes a member of newstimesturkey.com using their Facebook account, they are deemed to have allowed newstimesturkey.com access to the information provided on the Facebook profile and communicated to the User by Facebook during the membership process. The User can configure which information is accessible in the privacy settings of their Facebook account.
The User can close their registered membership account on newstimesturkey.com by clicking the “Delete My Membership” button in the profile settings.
The User irrevocably accepts that the administrators of newstimesturkey.com can terminate memberships at any time without providing a reason, temporarily or permanently close the membership account, and delete the information in the membership account without being able to make any claims in such a situation.
It is prohibited to send messages, upload content, or disturb, threaten, harass, or insult members in public or private message areas on newstimesturkey.com. Members who act against this prohibition may be removed from membership after their situation is reviewed.
The information, data, text, photographs, videos, audio clips, comments, articles, software, codes, graphics, and other content available on newstimesturkey.com (hereinafter referred to as “content”) may be uploaded by members or newstimesturkey.com editors.
The content uploaded to newstimesturkey.com must be accurate and up to date. The accuracy, currency, and compliance with applicable legislation of any content added, uploaded, or created by the User, whether shared privately or publicly, are entirely the responsibility of the User.
newstimesturkey.com reserves the right to reject, delay, publish later, or not publish any content, email, or communication submitted by the User without providing a reason.
Except for using the services offered on newstimesturkey.com, it is prohibited to use, imitate, modify, distribute, or store the content on newstimesturkey.com for other purposes. The User may not sell the content on newstimesturkey.com, exploit it for advertising purposes, or use it in a manner that infringes the rights of third parties.
No content published on newstimesturkey.com can be used or published in any media by third parties without the permission of the content owner.
The User agrees not to include any elements that harm third parties’ personal rights, defamatory or misleading elements, pornographic, immoral photos, insults, violence, racism, discrimination, or illegality in the content they enter on newstimesturkey.com.
newstimesturkey.com may charge fees for certain areas or categories of the site or services used and may determine these fees unilaterally.
Members of newstimesturkey.com are solely responsible for all actions taken, all content uploaded, and any content or actions related to their membership account, even if their membership ends.
newstimesturkey.com will exercise maximum care to ensure the security of membership accounts. However, the security of the information recorded in the membership account and the account password is the User’s responsibility. The User should never share their membership account information with third parties. If any unauthorized access to the membership account occurs, newstimesturkey.com should be contacted immediately. The User is responsible for any malicious use, including but not limited to third parties obtaining the membership account password and providing illegal content, and all legal and criminal liability arising from such malicious use rests with the User.
The User cannot engage in actions that prevent or hinder other users and members from using newstimesturkey.com, damage or disable databases or servers, harm any software, hardware, or communication elements, create software containing viruses or other computer codes, files, attempt to access any system, data, or password without authorization, directly or indirectly, engage in actions that decipher the algorithms and codes in the provided services or disrupt their functions, modify, transform, translate, publish content on other sites without citation, distribute content containing legally prohibited information, chain letters, software viruses, or content that could harm third parties, send programs and/or information that could damage other users’ computers or software, or engage in any illegal actions that could harm newstimesturkey.com or the newstimesturkey.com website. Otherwise, newstimesturkey.com reserves the right to initiate all legal and criminal proceedings and make claims.
newstimesturkey.com may prevent the User from using newstimesturkey.com or terminate their membership without providing a reason if the User acts against this Agreement, provides incorrect or false information while using or registering on newstimesturkey.com, uses the provided services maliciously, or if newstimesturkey.com deems it necessary.
All intellectual and industrial property rights to the content on newstimesturkey.com, including but not limited to photographs, recipes, methods, codes, programs, operational designs, logos, images, and text, belong to newstimesturkey.com or have been lawfully licensed by the rights holders for use by newstimesturkey.com. Therefore, such content cannot be used, published, processed, reproduced, disseminated, or exploited without permission, nor can it be communicated to the public by means of devices that transmit signs, sounds, and/or images. Otherwise, newstimesturkey.com reserves the right to initiate all legal and criminal proceedings and make claims.
Except for personal use, copying, processing, and broadcasting the content whose financial rights belong to newstimesturkey.com, including all photographs, recipes, methods, codes, programs, operations, and visuals, through wired or wireless broadcasting organizations such as radio-television, satellite, and cable, or digital transmission, or any other means, is not permitted.
Quoting content on newstimesturkey.com is allowed within reasonable limits and with proper citation and a link to the related content on our site. The reasonable limit consists of a simple summary of the work or other content and should not eliminate the need to visit newstimesturkey.com to access the content. In any case, quoting the entirety of any content on newstimesturkey.com is not allowed without written permission, even if the above conditions are met. The provisions of the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works apply to this matter.
The User must provide content following the procedure and with proper attribution under the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works for content to which they do not hold publication rights; otherwise, the User will be responsible for compensating newstimesturkey.com for any direct or indirect, material or moral damages incurred or that may be incurred.
newstimesturkey.com is not responsible for any damages (including but not limited to damage to the User’s computer or programs) caused by the User experiencing technical problems or other reasons, such as a virus infection, despite making every effort to ensure that the website does not contain harmful content. The User is responsible for taking the necessary precautions to avoid such damages.
newstimesturkey.com may change the structure of its services or temporarily or permanently terminate some or all of its services or features at any time without prior notice to the User.
newstimesturkey.com emphasizes the importance of the continuity of the publication of the content, services, facilities, and other elements on its website, but does not guarantee that the publication and/or the services provided through newstimesturkey.com will be uninterrupted. In such a case, newstimesturkey.com is not responsible.
newstimesturkey.com is not responsible for any data loss that may occur due to the fault of third parties or organizations from which it receives services, and the responsibility for re-entering the lost information and data rests with the User. Therefore, the User is advised to take their precautions to protect their data.
Some of the information provided by the User is mandatory (such as email addresses, IP information), while some is optional or given with the User’s consent. newstimesturkey.com may retain this information for as long as it wishes to provide better service to its users, even if the information is deleted by the User. However, IP information will not be retained beyond the legal period.
newstimesturkey.com will take all reasonable precautions to protect the User’s