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Privacy Policy

The Obelisk of Theodosius standing in the open square of the Hippodrome, minarets behind it
Photograph by Esther Lee, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

The short version

We do not ask you for personal information, and there is nothing on this site to sign up to. We do use analytics and advertising, and those set cookies. That is the whole of it.

What is collected

Analytics. We use Google Analytics to count visits and see which pages are read. It records things like the page you are on, roughly where in the world you are, and what kind of device you used. We do not use it to identify anyone.

Advertising. This site carries advertising through Google AdSense. Google and its partners may use cookies to serve ads, including ads based on your previous visits to this or other sites. You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google’s Ads Settings.

The interior of the Spice Bazaar, stalls under the pointed arches of its long hall
Photograph by Tarikkaanmuslu, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Affiliate links. Some pages carry affiliate links, marked where they appear. If you follow one and book something, the operator may pay us a commission at no extra cost to you. Following the link passes a referral code to that operator; what they then collect is governed by their own privacy policy, not ours.

What is not collected

We run no newsletter, no accounts, no comments and no contact form on this site, so we hold no email addresses, no names and no messages.

Cookies

The cookies set here come from the analytics and advertising services above. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings; the site works without them.

The Galata Tower in full, its stone drum and conical cap against an open sky
Photograph by Carlos Delgado, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Your rights

If you are in the UK or the EU, you have rights over personal data held about you, including access and erasure. Because we do not collect or store personal data ourselves, a request of that kind is best directed at Google, whose services do the collecting.

Other sites

Where we link out, those sites have their own policies and we are not responsible for them.

Changes

If this policy changes, the date below changes with it.

Ortakoy Mosque at the water's edge with the Bosphorus Bridge rising directly behind it
Photograph by Ank Kumar, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated 5 September 2026.