Terms & Conditions
of Use

1. Acceptance and Scope of Application

By accessing, browsing, navigating, or utilizing the website located at aydlaw.com (the “Website”), you (the “User,” “you,” or “your”) expressly, irrevocably, and unconditionally agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions of Use (the “Terms”). Aydemir Law Firm (the “Firm,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) reserves the unilateral right to amend, restate, supplement, or substitute these Terms at any time and at its sole discretion without prior specific notice to the User. Continued use of the Website following any such modification constitutes your definitive and binding acceptance of the revised Terms.

These Terms shall be read in conjunction with, and are supplemented by, the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Careers & Applicant Privacy Notice, Accessibility Statement, and all other regulatory notices published on the Website. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between these Terms and any supplementary policy, these Terms shall prevail unless expressly stated otherwise in the relevant supplementary document.

If you do not agree to these Terms in their entirety, you must immediately discontinue all access to and use of the Website and refrain from submitting any personal data or professional inquiry through any communication channel associated with the Website.

2. Informational Purposes Only — No Attorney-Client Relationship

The materials, publications, legal briefings, case commentaries, legislative summaries, templates, infographics, and analytical insights provided on this Website are curated strictly for general informational and educational purposes. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as formal legal advice, a binding legal opinion, a guarantee of any specific legal outcome, or a substitute for professional legal counsel tailored to the particular facts of any individual matter.

The transmission, downloading, or receipt of any information from the Website, including the submission of inquiries via contact forms, electronic mail, or any integrated communication platform, does not and shall not establish an attorney-client relationship between the User and the Firm. Such a relationship may only be solemnized through a formally drafted, mutually executed written Engagement Letter or Power of Attorney (Vekâletname), subsequent to a rigorous conflict-of-interest assessment, identity verification, and anti-money laundering screening conducted by the Firm in accordance with applicable Turkish law and international best practices.

You should not act, or refrain from acting, based upon any information contained on this Website without seeking professional legal counsel from an attorney duly authorized to practice in your specific jurisdiction. The Firm expressly disclaims any liability arising from any action taken or decision made by any User in reliance upon the content of this Website.

3. Client Due Diligence & Anti-Money Laundering Compliance

The Firm is strictly bound by national and international Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) laws, and sanctions compliance frameworks, including but not limited to the Turkish Law on Prevention of Laundering Proceeds of Crime (Law No. 5549), the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations, EU Anti-Money Laundering Directives, and the regulations promulgated by the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK).

Prior to the formalization of any professional engagement or attorney-client relationship, the Firm reserves the absolute right to conduct comprehensive “Know Your Client” (KYC) and Customer Due Diligence (CDD) verifications. The User acknowledges and agrees that the Firm may request definitive identification documents (including government-issued photo identification, passports, or national identity cards), corporate registration and constitutional documentation, source of funds and source of wealth verifications, ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) declarations, politically exposed person (PEP) screening results, and any other documentation the Firm reasonably deems necessary to satisfy its statutory compliance obligations.

The Firm may decline representation, refuse to commence any engagement, or terminate access to any service should these statutory compliance thresholds not be met to the Firm’s absolute satisfaction, without any obligation to disclose the specific reasons for such refusal where prohibited by law.

4. Intellectual Property Rights and Permitted Use

The Website and its entire repository of original content, including but not limited to textual analyses, legal briefings, articles, case summaries, visual interfaces, corporate branding, logos, trade dress, graphics, photography, software, database compilations, and underlying source code, are the exclusive intellectual property of Aydemir Law Firm. These assets are protected under domestic and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and unfair competition frameworks, including the Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Works Law (Law No. 5846), the Turkish Industrial Property Law (Law No. 6769), the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).

The Firm grants the User a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, and non-transferable license to access and view the Website strictly for personal, non-commercial, and informational purposes. Any unauthorized reproduction, distribution, public communication, data mining, scraping, web harvesting, framing, deep linking, modification, reverse engineering, decompilation, or creation of derivative works is expressly prohibited and shall be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, with the Firm reserving all rights to seek injunctive relief, actual damages, statutory damages, and disgorgement of profits.

5. Prohibited User Conduct & Cybersecurity

The User covenants and warrants that they shall not misuse, disrupt, compromise, or interfere with the digital integrity, availability, or security of the Website. Without limitation, the User is strictly prohibited from:

• Knowingly or negligently introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, macro-viruses, ransomware, spyware, adware, keyloggers, rootkits, or any other technologically malicious, harmful, or destructive material to the Website or its hosting infrastructure.
• Attempting to gain unauthorized access to the Website, its underlying server infrastructure, any server, computer, database, or network connected to or associated with the Website.
• Attacking the Website via a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, DNS amplification attacks, SYN floods, or any analogous traffic-based or application-layer assault.
• Using any automated system, including without limitation “robots,” “spiders,” “crawlers,” “scrapers,” or “offline readers,” to access the Website in a manner that transmits more request messages to the Firm’s servers than a human can reasonably produce in the same period of time.
• Engaging in any activity that could disable, overburden, impair, or compromise the proper functioning or visual appearance of the Website, including but not limited to SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), cross-site request forgery (CSRF), or any similar exploitation technique.
• Harvesting, collecting, or compiling any personally identifiable information of other Users or visitors of the Website without their express prior consent.

Any breach of this Section may result in criminal prosecution under the Turkish Criminal Code (TCK) Articles 243–246 (unauthorized access to information systems) and/or civil proceedings for damages.

6. Anti-Spam Restrictions

The communication channels provided on the Website shall be used exclusively for legitimate business inquiries and professional engagements directly related to the legal services offered by the Firm. The User is strictly prohibited from utilizing the Website, its contact interfaces, or listed email addresses to distribute, transmit, or facilitate the sending of unsolicited commercial communications, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” phishing communications, or any other form of unauthorized solicitation, whether by email, instant messaging, SMS, or any other electronic medium.

Violations of this provision shall entitle the Firm to pursue all available remedies under the Turkish Electronic Commerce Law (Law No. 6563), the Regulation on Commercial Communications and Commercial Electronic Messages, and applicable international anti-spam legislation, including the CAN-SPAM Act (United States), the ePrivacy Directive (EU), and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (UK).

7. Fraudulent Communications Alert

Aydemir Law Firm strictly conducts its official electronic business operations and client communications exclusively through the authorized @aydlaw.com email domain and through verified communication channels expressly identified on the Website. The Firm assumes zero liability for any damages, financial losses, identity theft, data breaches, unauthorized transactions, or other harm arising from sophisticated phishing attempts, unauthorized third-party spoofing, domain impersonation, social engineering attacks, or fraudulent communications falsely claiming affiliation, partnership, or employment with the Firm.

All Users are strongly advised to verify the authenticity of any communication purporting to originate from the Firm by cross-referencing the sender’s email domain and, where doubt exists, by contacting the Firm directly at info@aydlaw.com. The Firm shall not be held responsible for any loss sustained by a User who fails to exercise reasonable diligence in verifying the authenticity of communications.

8. Absolute Limitation of Liability

THE WEBSITE AND ALL MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, DEVOID OF ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY, SECURITY, OR FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Aydemir Law Firm, its managing partners, senior associates, of-counsel attorneys, employees, contractors, agents, and affiliates shall bear no liability under any circumstances for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages—including, without limitation, loss of business, revenue, data, anticipated profits, goodwill, business interruption, or procurement of substitute services—arising out of, resulting from, or in connection with the use of, or inability to use, the Website or its content, regardless of whether such damages are based on contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or any other legal theory.

Without prejudice to the structural generality of the foregoing, should any liability be legally and definitively established against the Firm by a court of competent jurisdiction arising from the User’s access to or exploitation of the Website, the Firm’s maximum aggregate liability shall be strictly and irrevocably capped at a nominal sum not exceeding one hundred Euros (€100).

9. Indemnification

The User unequivocally covenants to defend, indemnify, and hold entirely harmless Aydemir Law Firm, its managing partners, associates, employees, representatives, contractors, agents, and affiliates from and against any and all claims, third-party demands, liabilities, damages, losses, judgments, administrative fines, penalties, costs, or legal expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, expert witness costs, and litigation costs) arising directly or indirectly out of or relating to: (a) the User’s breach of any provision of these Terms; (b) prohibited user conduct or cybersecurity violations enumerated herein; (c) unauthorized extraction, reproduction, or distribution of Website content; (d) the violation of any applicable domestic or international law, regulation, or directive; or (e) any misrepresentation made by the User.

10. Force Majeure

The Firm shall not be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of any obligation under these Terms where such failure or delay results from circumstances beyond the Firm’s reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, natural disasters, pandemics, epidemics, war, terrorism, civil unrest, government sanctions, embargoes, power failures, internet infrastructure failures, cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, or acts of regulatory authorities (each, a “Force Majeure Event”). During any period of Force Majeure, the Firm’s obligations shall be suspended without liability until the cessation of the Force Majeure Event.

11. Third-Party Links and External Resources

The Website may contain hyperlinks to external websites, platforms, or resources operated by third parties. These links are provided solely for the User’s convenience and informational benefit. The Firm does not endorse, control, or assume any responsibility for the content, privacy practices, terms of service, or accuracy of any third-party website. The inclusion of any link does not imply affiliation, sponsorship, or approval by the Firm. Access to and use of any linked third-party website is entirely at the User’s own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of that website.

12. Governing Law and Exclusive Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions, and any disputes, controversies, or claims arising directly or indirectly hereunder (including non-contractual disputes and claims relating to the existence, validity, or termination of these Terms), shall be governed by, construed, and enforced exclusively in accordance with the substantive and procedural laws of the Republic of Turkey, without regard to its choice of law or conflict of law principles.

The User hereby consents and submits irrevocably to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the Central (Çağlayan) Courts and Enforcement Offices of Istanbul, Republic of Turkey, for the adjudication of any such dispute. The User irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue in such courts and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such courts has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

13. Entire Agreement and Waiver

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and all other supplementary legal notices published on the Website, constitute the entire agreement between the User and the Firm with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications, proposals, representations, and agreements. No waiver by the Firm of any breach of these Terms shall be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach. Any waiver must be in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the Firm.

14. Miscellaneous Provisions

Language of Prevailing Effect: These Terms, along with the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and all supplementary regulatory notices, may be executed or translated into multiple languages for convenience. However, in the event of any discrepancy, linguistic ambiguity, or conflict of interpretation between the English version and any translated counterpart, the English version shall absolutely prevail, govern, and control.

Severability: If any provision of these Terms is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or competent administrative body to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in whole or in part, such determination shall not impair, invalidate, or affect the remaining provisions of these Terms, which shall remain in full force, effect, and operation. The invalid or unenforceable provision shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to render it valid and enforceable while preserving its original intent.

Assignment: The User may not assign, delegate, or transfer any rights or obligations under these Terms without the prior written consent of the Firm. The Firm may freely assign its rights and obligations under these Terms to any successor entity or affiliate without notice to or consent of the User.

No Third-Party Beneficiaries: These Terms are intended solely for the benefit of the Firm and the User and do not create any third-party beneficiary rights.