This notice has been prepared under Article 10 of Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK) to inform persons whose personal data are processed in litigation, enforcement, mediation and legal advisory matters handled by the attorneys of our office but who are not our clients, the parties to mediation proceedings, and persons who contact us through our website. This includes opposing parties and their attorneys, debtors, witnesses, other persons named in case files, and employees and officers of client companies. The personal data of these persons are mostly obtained not from them directly but from our client or from official sources. Our clients receive a separate privacy notice when the attorney-client relationship is established.

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1. Data Controller

Av. Dr. Alp Alanya and Av. Merve Alanya work at our office. Each attorney is a separate data controller for the personal data processed in the files of his or her own clients. Upon your application, we will inform you in which attorney's file your data are processed.

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Av. Dr. Alp Alanya, Istanbul Bar Association
Av. Merve Alanya, Istanbul Bar Association
Address: Binbirdirek Mah. Katip Sinan Sok. No: 3 D: 2 Fatih/Istanbul
Phone: +90 212 516 27 10
E-mail: info@alpalanya.av.tr

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Trainee attorneys and staff working with our attorneys process your personal data on behalf of and under the instructions of the relevant attorney.

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2. Personal Data Processed

To the extent required by the dispute, the following data may be processed: identity and contact details; information and documents in case, enforcement and dispute files; receivables, debts, assets and payment information; information relating to employment, particularly in labour law disputes; correspondence and audio-visual recordings submitted as evidence. Special categories of personal data, such as health data and criminal convictions, are processed only where the dispute makes it strictly necessary.

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3. Method of Collection

Your data are obtained verbally, in writing or electronically from our client; from court, enforcement and mediation files; from UYAP and inquiry systems operated in accordance with the law; from official registers such as the land registry and the trade registry; from publicly available sources; and from correspondence and documents sent by you or your attorney. The source of each item of data is recorded. We do not use applications that search for individuals through unlawfully compiled databases.

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4. Purposes of Processing

Providing legal assistance to our client; conducting litigation, enforcement, mediation and other legal proceedings; sending notices, serving documents and correspondence; establishing, exercising or protecting rights; and complying with legal obligations.

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5. Legal Grounds

Your personal data are processed under Article 5(2) of the KVKK on the grounds that the processing is expressly provided for by law (a), is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation (ç), relates to data made public by the data subject (d), and is necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right (e). Special categories of personal data are processed under Article 6(3) of the KVKK on the grounds that the processing is expressly provided for by law or is necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right. Your explicit consent is not sought for these processing activities.

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6. Transfer of Personal Data

Your data may be transferred, limited to the purpose and in a proportionate manner, to courts, enforcement offices, public prosecutors, mediation offices and mediators, court-appointed experts, notaries and other competent public authorities; to the client of the relevant attorney; to attorneys substituted for hearings, attachments or site inspections; and to service providers such as technical infrastructure, archiving and courier services. Substitute attorneys and service providers process the data only in line with our instructions and for the purposes we determine.

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Information about your debts, cases and other disputes is not disclosed to your relatives, your workplace or third parties unrelated to the dispute.

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7. Retention Period

Your data are retained together with the file to which they belong. Files are retained for 3 years from the termination of the power of attorney under Article 39 of the Attorneyship Law, and for 5 years under Article 147 of the Turkish Code of Obligations where fee or expense receivables exist. At the end of the period, the data are erased, destroyed or anonymised in the periodic destruction carried out every 6 months.

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8. Data Security

Your data are protected by the duty of confidentiality under Article 36 of the Attorneyship Law and by the technical and organisational measures taken under Article 12 of the KVKK.

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9. Parties to Mediation Proceedings

In his capacity as mediator, Av. Dr. Alp Alanya is also the data controller for the personal data of the parties, their attorneys and other persons participating in the mandatory and voluntary mediation proceedings he conducts. In these proceedings, identity and contact details, information and documents relating to the dispute and the terms of settlement are obtained from the mediation office, the parties and their attorneys. The data are processed under Article 5(2)(a) and (ç) of the KVKK for the purpose of conducting the mediation and drawing up the minutes and the settlement agreement in accordance with Law No. 6325 on Mediation in Civil Disputes and the laws governing mandatory mediation, and may be transferred to the mediation office, the Mediation Department of the Ministry of Justice and competent authorities. Information and documents submitted in the process are kept confidential under Article 4 of Law No. 6325 unless otherwise agreed by the parties, and are retained for the period prescribed by law.

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10. Contacting Us Through the Contact Form

Your name, surname, e-mail address and message sent through the contact form on our website or by e-mail are processed under Article 5(2)(c) of the KVKK for the purpose of evaluating your request and contacting you. If no attorney-client relationship is established, this information is deleted after 1 year.

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11. Your Rights

Under Article 11 of the KVKK, you have the right to learn whether your personal data are processed; to request information if they have been processed; to learn the purpose of the processing and whether the data are used in line with that purpose; to know the third parties in Türkiye or abroad to whom the data are transferred; to request rectification if the data are incomplete or inaccurate; to request erasure or destruction within the framework of Article 7 of the KVKK; to request that these operations be notified to the third parties to whom the data have been transferred; to object to a result against you arising from analysis exclusively by automated systems; and to claim compensation if you suffer damage due to unlawful processing.

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12. How to Apply

You may send your application in writing to the address above, or submit it to info@alpalanya.av.tr signed with a secure electronic signature or mobile signature, or from an e-mail address you have previously notified to us and that is registered in our system. Your application should include your name, surname, signature, Turkish identity number or, if you are a foreign national, your nationality and passport number, your address for notifications, your e-mail address and telephone number if any, and the subject of your request. Indicating the relevant file or attorney, if known, will help us conclude your application more quickly.

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Your application will be concluded free of charge as soon as possible and at the latest within 30 days, depending on the nature of the request. If the process requires an additional cost, a fee may be charged according to the tariff set by the Personal Data Protection Board. Erasure requests are assessed taking statutory retention obligations into account; if a request is rejected, the reasons, the legal basis for retention and the retention period will be notified to you in writing.

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If your application is rejected, if you find the response insufficient or if no response is given in time, you may file a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Board within 30 days from the date you learn of the response and, in any case, within 60 days from the date of your application.

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Last updated: 23 September 2026