Terms of Use
Last Update and Effective Date
Last updated: August 3, 2026 | Version: 1.0. These Terms of Use entered into force upon their publication on the Site on the last update date indicated above and, from the moment of publication, are binding on all Users of the Site. With every change to the text, the date and version information in this section is updated, so that Users can always check at the beginning of the text which version is in effect. Previous versions cease to be in force and do not apply retroactively; for any dispute, the version published on the date of the use giving rise to the dispute prevails. This text forms an integral whole together with the Privacy Policy, the KVKK Information Notice, the Cookie Policy, the Explicit Consent text, and the Clarification Text for Job Candidates published on the Site.
1. Scope and Acceptance
These Terms of Use set out the conditions for using the website at https://www.mikrolink.com.tr operated by Mikrolink Bilişim Sanayi Ticaret A.Ş. (hereinafter "Mikrolink" or the "Company") and all subpages, content, forms and functions offered through it. By continuing to use the Site, you confirm that you have read and accept these terms; Users who do not accept these terms in whole or in part should not use the Site. Acceptance covers cases where the User visits the Site, makes use of its content, or contacts the Company through the forms on the Site, and applies equally to natural persons and legal entities. The Company’s trade registry details are as follows: Trade Registry No. [Trade Registry No.], MERSİS No. [MERSIS No.], headquarters address Kartal Kule, Esentepe Mah. İnönü Cad. No:147 Kat:24, 34870 Kartal/İstanbul. Where a contract, offer, confidentiality undertaking or framework agreement has been signed between the Company and the User, these terms do not replace such documents; the provisions of those documents take precedence with respect to the relevant relationship.
2. Definitions
The terms used in this text have the following meanings: (i) "Site" means the website published under the domain name https://www.mikrolink.com.tr and its subdomains, (ii) "Company" or "Mikrolink" means Mikrolink Bilişim Sanayi Ticaret A.Ş., (iii) "User" or "Visitor" means any natural or legal person who accesses the Site for any purpose, (iv) "Content" means all text, images, videos, graphics, designs, trademarks, logos, technical documents, reference information, news, blog posts, job postings, code and software components published on the Site, (v) "Personal Data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person within the meaning of Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data ("KVKK") and the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), (vi) "Data Subject" means the natural person whose personal data is processed, (vii) "Cookie" means the small data files placed on the User’s device that fall within the scope of the Guideline on Cookie Practices published by the Personal Data Protection Authority and the ePrivacy Directive, (viii) "Cookie Preferences Panel" means the Site interface where the User sets their cookie preferences and can change them at any time, and (ix) "Third-Party Services" means platforms, portals and content accessed through the Site but not under the Company’s control. Unless expressly stated otherwise, these definitions cover both singular and plural forms.
3. Purpose of the Site and Informational Nature of the Content
The Site has been created to present to the public Mikrolink’s activities in telecommunications infrastructure, data center technologies, and information and communication technologies engineering, together with its portfolio of services and solutions, corporate structure, references, quality certificates, sustainability approach, and career opportunities. All information on the Site is provided for general information purposes only and does not constitute an offer, undertaking, proposal, warranty, technical consulting, engineering recommendation, or legal, financial or commercial advice. Technical descriptions, product and solution definitions, capacity and performance information, and reference examples published on the Site may vary depending on project-specific conditions, site conditions, standards and the applicable legislation, and cannot be construed as a binding offer. Binding information and commitments are contained only in written proposals and contracts issued by the Company with authorized signatures. The User accepts that they are personally responsible for the consequences of decisions made on the basis of information on the Site.
4. Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights
The intellectual and industrial property rights in all elements on the Site, including the "Mikrolink" trademark, logos, corporate color and typography system, page design, interface layout, visual and audio materials, photographs, illustrations, videos, texts, blog and news content, database structure, source code and software components, belong to the Company or to third-party licensors and are protected under Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works, Industrial Property Law No. 6769, the unfair competition provisions of Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102, and the relevant international regulations. The User is granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable permission to view the Site for personal and corporate information purposes; this permission does not under any circumstances constitute a transfer of ownership or a license. Reuse of the Content for commercial purposes is subject to separate permission; without the Company’s prior written consent, it is prohibited to copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, distribute, sell, rent, communicate to the public, publish in another medium, or present by framing the Content in whole or in part, or to use it as input in automated systems, including for training artificial intelligence models. In the event of unauthorized use, the Company reserves the right to take civil and criminal action and to claim compensation for the resulting damages.
5. User Obligations and Prohibited Uses
The User is obliged to use the Site in accordance with the applicable legislation, the principle of good faith, public morality, and these terms. In particular, the User undertakes to refrain from: (i) gaining or attempting to gain unauthorized access to the Site’s infrastructure, servers or security systems, or conducting unauthorized penetration tests, vulnerability scans, brute-force attacks or similar security tests, (ii) reverse engineering, decompiling, copying, or creating derivative works from the Site software, (iii) collecting data in bulk or systematically downloading Site content using automated scrapers, robots, spiders, screen-scraping tools or similar software, (iv) transmitting files containing viruses, Trojan horses, ransomware, spyware or other malicious code, (v) carrying out denial-of-service (DoS/DDoS) attacks or creating an excessive load that disrupts the normal operation of the Site, (vi) transmitting content that infringes the personality rights, intellectual property rights or personal data of third parties, and (vii) entering untrue, misleading or third-party information in form fields. The Site is not a platform that allows the publication of user-generated content; the forms on the Site serve solely for contacting the Company. In the event of a breach of these obligations, the Company has the right to block access, initiate legal proceedings, and notify the competent authorities; the User is liable for all damages arising from the breach.
6. Third-Party Links and Embedded Content
For the User’s information and convenience, the Site may contain links to websites belonging to third parties; it also includes embedded components such as the Google Maps map service and the Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager measurement infrastructure. The current inventory of embedded technologies on the Site, together with provider, category, purpose and duration information, is provided in the Cookie Policy; no embedded component outside the Strictly Necessary category is loaded unless explicit consent is given via the Cookie Preferences Panel. Job applications are received through the external Peoplebox recruitment portal used by the Company; redirection to this portal and the transfer of application data to the portal are a mandatory part of the process. This processing is based on the legal ground of preparatory activities required before entering into a contract under Article 5(2)(c) of the KVKK and Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, and the related international transfer is carried out under appropriate safeguards in accordance with Article 9 of the KVKK and Chapter V GDPR. The Company has no control over, and cannot be held responsible for, the content, security, accessibility, timeliness or data processing practices of linked third-party sites, or the products and services offered on them; providing a link does not mean that the Company approves or endorses the relevant site or its operator. The User accesses third-party sites at their own responsibility and should separately review the terms of use and privacy notices of those sites.
7. Service Continuity and Disclaimer of Warranties
While the Company exercises reasonable care to keep the Site uninterrupted, error-free, secure and always accessible, it states that temporary or permanent interruptions may occur due to the technical infrastructure, maintenance work, hosting services, power and internet outages, cyberattacks, or software updates. The Site and all Content are provided "as is" and "as available" to the maximum extent permitted by the applicable legislation, and the Company gives no warranties, express or implied. In particular, there is no commitment that the content is accurate, up to date, complete, fit for a particular purpose, or free of viruses and malicious code, or that it will meet the User’s expectations. The Company reserves the right to modify, suspend, narrow the scope of, or remove all or part of the Site without prior notice. The User is responsible for ensuring the security of their own devices, network and data and for taking up-to-date antivirus and security measures. The Site is hosted by [Hosting Provider], whose servers are located in Türkiye, and the technical obligations relating to the hosting infrastructure rest with this provider; Site data and server logs are kept in Türkiye.
8. Limitation of Liability
The User accepts that all risks arising from the use of, or inability to use, the Site rest with the User. Subject to the applicable mandatory provisions, the Company cannot be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive or consequential damages, such as those arising from access to the Site, use of the Site, reliance on the Content, third-party links, data loss, system failure, business interruption, loss of profit, loss of reputation, or loss of contract. Liability arising from the Company’s intent or gross negligence, as well as liability arising from consumer legislation, violation of personality rights, and death or bodily injury, is excluded from the scope of this limitation. Wherever the Company is held liable in any way, its obligation to compensate is in all cases limited to foreseeable and direct damages. Claims asserted by third parties against the Company, administrative fines, litigation costs and attorney’s fees arising from the User’s breach of these terms are borne by the User.
9. Force Majeure
Circumstances beyond the Company’s reasonable control that cannot be prevented, such as natural disasters, earthquakes, floods, fires, epidemics, war, acts of terrorism, mobilization, strikes and lockouts, cyberattacks, infrastructure and power outages, widespread internet access problems, supply chain disruptions, and decisions, restrictions and regulations of public authorities, constitute force majeure. For the duration of a force majeure event, the Company’s obligations under these terms are suspended, and any delay, interruption or failure to perform occurring during this period is not deemed a default. The Company makes reasonable efforts to mitigate the effects of the force majeure event and to restore the service to normal as soon as possible. If a force majeure event continues uninterrupted for more than 30 (thirty) days, the Company reserves the right to permanently remove the affected functions or sections of the Site and announces this on the Site. The Company cannot be held liable for damages arising from force majeure.
10. Protection of Personal Data and Cookies
Personal data obtained through the Site is processed by Mikrolink Bilişim Sanayi Ticaret A.Ş. in its capacity as data controller, in accordance with the KVKK and the relevant secondary legislation and, for data subjects located in the European Union, the provisions of the GDPR. Detailed information on the purposes and legal grounds for processing, the parties to whom and the purposes for which data may be transferred, retention periods, and the rights under Article 11 of the KVKK and Articles 15–22 GDPR is available in the Privacy Policy, the KVKK Information Notice, the Cookie Policy, the Explicit Consent text, and the Clarification Text for Job Candidates published on the Site. The cookies used on the Site are divided into the Strictly Necessary, Functional, Analytics and Marketing categories; as Strictly Necessary cookies are technically required for the Site to function, they are not subject to explicit consent and cannot be disabled via the Cookie Preferences Panel. The Functional, Analytics and Marketing categories are disabled by default, can be selected individually, and are activated only with the explicit consent the User gives via the Cookie Preferences Panel; preferences are stored in a cookie named "mk_consent", and the User may change them at any time. The Google Analytics 4 measurement infrastructure is used, and analytics measurement collects data only if explicit consent has been given to the Analytics category; if consent is not given, no measurement cookie is set. The servers hosting the Site are located in Türkiye; therefore, no personal data is transferred abroad in connection with hosting or with server and access logs. International transfers arise in only two limited cases: (i) the external Peoplebox recruitment portal used to receive job applications, and (ii) Google services used when the analytics infrastructure is enabled, provided that explicit consent has been given to the Analytics category. In these two cases, transfers are carried out on the basis of appropriate safeguards such as an adequacy decision, standard contractual clauses or binding corporate rules, in accordance with Article 9 of the KVKK and Chapter V GDPR. In accordance with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller, applications concerning personal data may be submitted to info@mikrolink.com.tr, to the KEP address mikrolinkbilisimsanayi@hs03.kep.tr with a secure electronic signature or mobile signature, or in writing to Kartal Kule, Esentepe Mah. İnönü Cad. No:147 Kat:24, 34870 Kartal/İstanbul; requests are concluded within 30 (thirty) days at the latest and are, as a rule, free of charge, although the fee set out in the tariff determined by the Board may be charged where the transaction entails an additional cost. Requests under the GDPR are answered within 1 (one) month at the latest; depending on the complexity and number of requests, this period may be extended by a further 2 (two) months in accordance with Article 12(3) GDPR, and the data subject is notified of the extension together with the reasons for it. If an application is rejected, the response is found insufficient, or no response is given in time, the data subject may file a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Board within 30 (thirty) days of learning of the response and in any event within 60 (sixty) days of the application date; data subjects located in the European Union also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority under Article 77 GDPR. All requests and applications concerning personal data are submitted not through a separate contact unit but directly to the Company, via the e-mail address info@mikrolink.com.tr, the KEP address mikrolinkbilisimsanayi@hs03.kep.tr, and the telephone number +90 212 502 38 10. As data processing activities are carried out in Türkiye, no separate representative has been appointed in the European Union under Article 27 GDPR; data subjects located in the European Union may also submit their requests directly to the Company through the channels listed above. As the conditions set out in Article 37 GDPR are not met, no data protection officer (DPO) has been appointed. The Company’s VERBİS registration number is [VERBIS Registration No.]. In the event of a personal data breach, notification is made to the Personal Data Protection Authority within 72 (seventy-two) hours at the latest in accordance with Article 12(5) of the KVKK and the Board’s Principle Decision No. 2019/10, and to the competent supervisory authority within the same period in accordance with Article 33 GDPR.
11. Content Provider Status under Law No. 5651 and Content Complaints
Mikrolink is the content provider for the Site within the meaning of Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed by Means of Such Publications, and is responsible only for the content it produces, selects and publishes. The hosting provider status for the Site belongs to [Hosting Provider], which provides hosting services on servers located in Türkiye, and the obligations the Law imposes on hosting providers are fulfilled by this company; the Company does not feature content produced by third parties on the Site. The Company retains the traffic and access records that must be kept under the legislation on servers located in Türkiye for [5651 Log Retention Period], in a manner that ensures their accuracy, integrity and confidentiality, and shares them only when duly requested by the competent authorities. Persons who believe that content on the Site infringes their personality rights, intellectual property rights or other legal rights may submit an application to info@mikrolink.com.tr or mikrolinkbilisimsanayi@hs03.kep.tr, stating their name, surname and contact details, the full address (URL) of the content concerned, the grounds for the infringement, and documents proving their entitlement to the right. Applications are reviewed as soon as possible; if found justified, the content is removed to the extent technically possible and the applicant is notified of the outcome. The right of the persons concerned to apply directly to the criminal judgeship of peace under Articles 9 and 9/A of Law No. 5651 is reserved.
12. Commercial Electronic Messages and the Message Management System (İYS)
Commercial electronic messages such as promotions, campaigns, event invitations, newsletters and similar communications that the Company may send to the User’s e-mail address or telephone number are sent within the framework of Law No. 6563 on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce and the Regulation on Commercial Communications and Commercial Electronic Messages, and only on the basis of prior explicit consent. Consents obtained are registered in the Message Management System (İYS) as required by the legislation, and recipients can query their consent status through İYS; records relating to marketing consent are retained for [Marketing Consent Retention Period]. The User has the right to refuse commercial electronic messages at any time without giving any reason, and may exercise this right via the opt-out link included in the messages, through İYS, or by sending a written notice to info@mikrolink.com.tr. Opt-out notices are processed within 3 (three) business days at the latest in accordance with Article 11 of the Regulation, after which the sending of commercial electronic messages to the User stops. Transactional messages sent within an existing commercial relationship regarding information, proposals, invoices and service continuity, as well as the exceptions under the legislation for merchant and tradesperson recipients, are outside the scope of this provision.
13. Amendments, Severability and Waiver
The Company reserves the right to unilaterally amend, update or restructure these Terms of Use in line with changes in the applicable legislation, technical requirements, or its commercial policies. The updated text enters into force as soon as it is published on the Site, and the date and version information in the "Last Update and Effective Date" section at the beginning of the text is updated accordingly; Users can check which version is in effect in this section. Material changes are also announced separately on the Site; continued use of the Site after the changes means that the current terms are accepted. If any provision of these terms is held invalid, void or unenforceable by a competent court or administrative authority, this does not affect the validity of the other provisions; the invalid provision is deemed replaced by the valid provision closest to the parties’ original intent. The Company’s failure or delay in exercising any right arising from these terms does not constitute a waiver of that right and does not prevent its subsequent exercise.
14. Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Contact
Turkish law governs the interpretation and application of these Terms of Use and all legal relationships arising from the use of the Site. Without prejudice to mandatory jurisdiction rules and jurisdiction provisions arising from consumer legislation, the Istanbul Central (Çağlayan) Courts and Enforcement Offices have jurisdiction to resolve any disputes that may arise between the parties. For Users who qualify as consumers, the jurisdiction of the consumer arbitration committees and consumer courts, determined according to monetary thresholds under Law No. 6502 on Consumer Protection, is a matter of public order and cannot be excluded by contract; Users qualifying as consumers whose habitual residence is in the European Union retain the right to benefit from the mandatory consumer protection provisions of their country of residence and to apply to the competent courts in their own country. Any questions, requests, notices and applications regarding the use of the Site, its content, intellectual property rights, commercial electronic messages, or the protection of personal data may be submitted to the Company through the following channels: (i) e-mail: info@mikrolink.com.tr, (ii) KEP: mikrolinkbilisimsanayi@hs03.kep.tr, (iii) telephone: +90 212 502 38 10 (Istanbul) and +90 312 472 79 98 (Ankara), (iv) mail: Kartal Kule, Esentepe Mah. İnönü Cad. No:147 Kat:24, 34870 Kartal/İstanbul. Applications are answered, depending on their nature, within the time limits prescribed by the relevant legislation and in accordance with the time-limit regime set out in Section 10 of this text.