Cookies
Cookie Policy
This page explains which cookies mehmetsultan.com uses, why, and how you can manage your preferences. No cookie other than the strictly necessary ones is placed in your browser without your permission.
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What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites store in your browser. They remember information the site needs to work (such as your chosen language) and help us understand how the site is used.
Cookie categories we use
Strictly necessary cookies: Required for the site's core functions. They store your language, your cookie choice and an anonymous identifier that stops the same visitor from submitting a book like or rating twice. They contain no personal data and need no consent.
Analytics cookies: Enabled only with your explicit consent. Through Google Analytics they help us measure, in aggregate and anonymously, which pages are visited, which countries visitors come from and how long they stay. IP addresses are anonymised and the data is never used for advertising or profiling.
Third-party services
Google Analytics (Google LLC): Loaded only when you allow analytics cookies. Google Consent Mode v2 is used and advertising signals are always kept off.
Cloudflare Turnstile (Cloudflare, Inc.): Protects the contact and mailing-list forms from automated submissions. During verification Cloudflare may set technical cookies on its own domain; these are necessary for the site's security.
Vercel Analytics and Speed Insights (Vercel Inc.): Measure page performance. They do not use cookies and do not track visitors across devices.
Managing your preferences
In the cookie notice shown on your first visit you can accept all cookies, continue with necessary cookies only, or choose categories individually.
You can change your decision at any time via the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of every page. When you withdraw analytics consent, the related Google Analytics cookies are removed from your browser.
You can also block or delete cookies entirely in your browser settings; some functions, such as the language preference, may then be asked again on each visit.
As proof of consent, your decision, its time and the policy version are kept for 1 year under a random receipt number that is not linked to your identity. Your IP address is not added to this record.
If your browser sends the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, it is automatically honoured as a "necessary only" choice and the notice is not shown.
Updates and contact
This page is updated whenever the cookies in use change, and your preference is asked again if needed. For questions, please use the contact form on this site.
Cookies in use
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Lifetime | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ms_locale | mehmetsultan.com | Remembers your chosen language and redirects you to it on your next visit. | 1 year | Necessary |
| ms_consent | mehmetsultan.com | Stores your cookie choice so the notice is not shown on every visit. | 1 year | Necessary |
| ms_vid | mehmetsultan.com | Random, anonymous visitor identifier that prevents duplicate book likes and ratings. | 400 days | Necessary |
| cf_clearance | Cloudflare Turnstile | Protects forms from automated submissions; stored on Cloudflare's domain only. | Set by Cloudflare | Necessary |
| _ga | Google Analytics | Holds a random identifier to distinguish visitors. | 2 years | Analytics |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics | Keeps session state and measures page views. | 2 years | Analytics |