PRIVACY & LEGAL

Privacy and legal information

This page covers two things: the terms on which this website is provided, and how personal data is handled when you use it or contact the practice.

Last updated: 1 August 2026

Part One — Terms of Use

Website information

The material on this website is general information about Turkish law and procedure. It is not legal advice on any particular matter, is not a substitute for advice on the facts of a specific case, and should not be relied on as though it were.

Reading this website, or contacting the practice through it, does not by itself create a lawyer–client relationship. A relationship arises only when instructions are accepted in writing after conflicts and scope have been confirmed.

Statements of law are given as at the date shown on the page concerned. Law and practice change, and pages are not updated continuously.

External sources and availability

Where this website links to legislation, official texts or third-party sources, those sources are not under the control of the practice. A link does not amount to an endorsement, and no responsibility is accepted for the continuing availability of an external source.

The website may be corrected, updated, suspended or withdrawn without notice. No representation is made that it will always be available or free from error.

Regulatory information

Burak Antika is a lawyer registered with the Istanbul Bar Association and is subject to the Attorneyship Law No. 1136 and the professional rules of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations.

Part Two — Privacy Notice

Who is responsible for your data

Burak Antika, Büyükdere Cad. No: 47/811, Şişli, Istanbul, Türkiye, is the controller of personal data processed through this website and in initial communications with Antika Hukuk.

Data-protection questions and requests may be sent to contact@antika.law.

What this notice covers

This notice covers personal data processed when you visit this website, use the enquiry form, or contact the practice by email or a third-party messaging service. It does not cover the handling of client files, which is governed by professional duties of confidentiality and by the terms agreed for the individual engagement.

Information you provide

The enquiry form collects your name, email address, organisation or firm where you choose to provide it, and a short description of the nature of your enquiry.

The form is intended for the type of matter and the question, not the details of a case. Please do not send case details, documents, names of other parties or other sensitive information before conflicts and scope have been confirmed. If a matter proceeds, a channel is agreed for substantive communication and documents.

If you contact the practice by email or a messaging service, the information you choose to send and the associated contact and delivery data will also be processed. The provider of the service will process data under its own terms and privacy arrangements.

Information collected when you use the website

Framer hosts the website and provides aggregate website analytics. Hosting and security systems may process technical request data such as IP address, browser and device information, requested pages, timestamps and diagnostic or security events.

With your consent, the website also uses Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity. These services may collect pages viewed, referral information, approximate location, device and browser characteristics, and interaction with the pages. Clarity can produce heatmaps and reconstructed session recordings of page interactions.

Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity are loaded only after analytics consent is given through the cookie banner. Non-essential analytics is off by default. You may refuse consent and continue to use the website, or later change or withdraw your choice through the cookie settings. Withdrawal does not affect processing that took place before it.

Why information is used

Information you provide is used to review and respond to an enquiry, carry out a conflicts check, understand the requested scope, decide whether instructions can be accepted, and maintain the security and integrity of communications and the website.

Depending on the context, processing is based on steps taken at your request before a possible engagement, compliance with legal and professional duties, the legitimate interests of the practice in conflict checking, record keeping and information security, the establishment, exercise or protection of legal rights, or consent where consent is requested. These grounds are applied under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 and, where it applies, the General Data Protection Regulation.

The form is not intended to collect special-category data or detailed information about alleged or proven offences. If such information is received before an engagement, access is restricted and the information is retained or deleted according to what is necessary and permitted in the circumstances.

Who may receive information

The principal service providers used for the website and initial communications are:

  • Framer — website hosting, native form processing and aggregate website analytics;

  • Google Workspace — email;

  • Google Analytics — website analytics, only with consent; and

  • Microsoft Clarity — website analytics, heatmaps and session reconstruction, only with consent.

Information may also be disclosed where this is necessary to obtain professional or technical support, protect legal rights, comply with a legal or professional obligation, or respond to a competent authority. Personal data is not sold or shared for third-party advertising.

Processing outside Türkiye

Framer, Google, Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity and third-party messaging providers may process personal data in countries outside Türkiye. Information about the safeguards applicable to a particular transfer may be requested at contact@antika.law.

How long information is kept

If an enquiry does not lead to an engagement, the full enquiry correspondence is ordinarily deleted within 90 days after the enquiry is closed. A limited conflicts record—normally the names of the prospective client and relevant parties, a short matter description, and the outcome of the check—may be retained for up to ten years so that later conflicts can be identified.

If instructions are accepted, relevant communications become part of the client file and are retained under the terms and record-keeping requirements applicable to that engagement.

Google Analytics user- and event-level data is retained for no longer than 14 months. Clarity playback data is ordinarily retained for 30 days; aggregated click and heatmap data, and sessions retained by the service, may remain for up to nine months. Technical and security records are kept only for the period required for operation, investigation and provider backup cycles.

Your rights

Under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, you may ask whether your personal data is processed, request information about the processing, learn its purpose and whether it is used accordingly, learn the recipients in Türkiye or abroad, request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data, request erasure or destruction where the statutory conditions are met, ask that correction or erasure be notified to recipients, object to a result produced solely by automated analysis, and claim compensation for damage arising from unlawful processing.

Where the General Data Protection Regulation applies, you may also have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability and objection, the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, and the right to withdraw consent at any time without affecting earlier processing.

How to make a request

A request may be sent in writing to Burak Antika at Büyükdere Cad. No: 47/811, Şişli, Istanbul, Türkiye, or electronically to contact@antika.law using a method that allows the applicant’s identity to be verified. It should identify the applicant, explain the request and provide the information reasonably needed to locate the relevant data. Additional proof of identity will be requested only where necessary.

Requests under Law No. 6698 are answered as soon as possible and no later than 30 days after receipt. They are ordinarily handled without charge, subject to any fee permitted by applicable rules where a request creates an additional cost.

Complaints

If you are not satisfied with the response, you may apply to the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority in accordance with the applicable procedure. Where the General Data Protection Regulation applies, you may also complain to the competent supervisory authority.

Changes to this notice

This notice may be updated to reflect changes to the website, the services used or the applicable rules. The date at the top of the page shows when it was last changed.