From your first visit onwards, you are deemed to have fully understood, and to have accepted in their entirety as an indivisible whole, the matters set out below, which contain important information concerning visits to and/or use of rekabetakademisi.com.tr Academy.
These Terms of Use and Membership Agreement (the “Agreement”) will be retained by us in electronic form from the date the contractual relationship is established until your membership comes to an end.
1. Parties and Subject Matter
1.1. This Agreement applies to everyone who visits rekabetakademisi.com.tr, receives training and/or becomes a member. For this reason, please read the conditions set out below carefully. If you do not accept these conditions, do not use the Website.
1.2. The owner of rekabetakademisi.com.tr is the company rekabetakademisi.com.tr. The Services offered through rekabetakademisi.com.tr are provided by rekabetakademisi.com.tr. rekabetakademisi.com.tr reserves the right to change, at any time and without any further notice, the information, the forms, the content of every kind that is or will be included on the Website, and this Agreement.
1.3. rekabetakademisi.com.tr may change the conditions set out in this Agreement at any time and without any warning or notification. These changes shall be effective for every Visitor as of the date on which they are published. This Agreement may not be amended by the unilateral declaration of the Visitor.
1.4. The subject matter of this Agreement is to establish the terms and conditions relating to the Visitor’s use of the Website and of the Services and, accordingly, to regulate the rights and obligations of the Parties. The owner of the Website is rekabetakademisi.com.tr, and every right of use and disposition over the Website belongs to rekabetakademisi.com.tr.
2. Definitions
3. Membership
3.1. The Member is personally responsible for the use and management of all information that enables use of the Website, including accounts, username and password. In this context, the Member may not, under any terms or conditions, transfer their accounts, their username and password or their membership profile to another user, or permit their use by third parties. Every transaction carried out from the Member’s account with the username and password is deemed to have been carried out by the Member personally, and the Member shall be exclusively liable for any loss suffered by the Member and/or by third parties as a result of this information being used by a person other than the Member, being lost, or changing hands. The Member is obliged to notify rekabetakademisi.com.tr immediately upon becoming aware of any unauthorised use of their account and/or password or of any other breach of the security of the account. rekabetakademisi.com.tr has the right to block the Member’s access to the Website and/or to terminate their membership in order to prevent unauthorised use.
3.2. The Member accepts, declares and undertakes in advance that rekabetakademisi.com.tr is under no obligation to verify any of the information provided and gives no undertaking whatsoever, under any circumstances, as to the accuracy of the information provided to the Member. That said, the Member is obliged to provide the Website with their own genuine and complete information so that the Services can be delivered as requested; otherwise, the Member is obliged to compensate all loss that rekabetakademisi.com.tr may suffer as a result of that information being given incorrectly.
3.3. The Member has the right to close their account on the Website at any time, without any notification. In that case, however, it will not be possible for the Member to benefit from the Services provided through the Website.
4. Scope of the Services
4.1. While the products and services that rekabetakademisi.com.tr will provide through the Website are not limited in number, the most important of these services is the online delivery to the Member of the training courses offered for sale on the Website, once their price has been paid by the Member.
4.2. In order to benefit from the services offered within the Website, users must have the characteristics determined by rekabetakademisi.com.tr and stated in the content of the relevant section of the Website. rekabetakademisi.com.tr is entirely free to determine these characteristics, and any changes made to them shall take effect upon their publication on the Website.
5. Rights and Obligations of the Parties
5.1. rekabetakademisi.com.tr has the right to change, at any time and without any further notice, the information, the forms, the content of every kind that is or will be included on the Website, and this Agreement.
5.2. All Content created by rekabetakademisi.com.tr, including but not limited to the design, imagery and HTML code of the Website, together with the trade marks and logos, belongs to rekabetakademisi.com.tr. Visitors may not use, share, distribute, display or reproduce the products of rekabetakademisi.com.tr that are subject to intellectual and/or industrial property rights, nor create derivative works from them.
5.3. In order to comply with the obligations imposed on it by the legislation in force, in particular Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed by Means of Such Publications, rekabetakademisi.com.tr may record and retain, within the statutory period, the records specified in the relevant legislation in respect of every kind of transaction carried out by persons visiting the Website. These records may include the time and duration of your visit, the pages viewed on the site, and information about the site visited before arriving at the Website. This information is used to measure Website activity and to generate ideas for improving the Website.
5.4. Visitors accept and undertake that they will not reproduce, copy, distribute or process any content on the Website, including electronic text, visual and audio material, video clips, files, databases, catalogues and lists, and that they will not compete with rekabetakademisi.com.tr, directly and/or indirectly, whether through such acts or by other means. In this context, it is prohibited to copy, reproduce, transmit or process the Content and the interface, or to display them on other websites and/or in other media, without the written consent of rekabetakademisi.com.tr. Content of every kind accessed and/or displayed through the Website may not be used or displayed by third parties in any medium, in particular the internet, without the prior written approval of rekabetakademisi.com.tr; the contrary shall constitute unlawful use.
5.5. Access by third parties to the database in which the content accessed and/or displayed through the Website is stored is deemed lawful only where it is for the purpose of viewing the relevant content and/or in the manner and to the extent permitted by rekabetakademisi.com.tr. Any other access is unlawful. Neither the database nor the information contained in it may be copied, in whole or in part, transferred to other databases, or opened to the access and use of third parties from those databases, without the prior written approval of rekabetakademisi.com.tr.
5.6. It is prohibited to extract information from the database on a large scale for the purpose of obtaining the content accessed and/or displayed through the Website. rekabetakademisi.com.tr may file a criminal complaint against persons who do not comply with this prohibition, so that they are punished in accordance with the legislation in force on the ground that they have committed the act of “unauthorised access to an information system” within the scope of the relevant articles of the Turkish Criminal Code.
5.7. Neither rekabetakademisi.com.tr nor its partners, employees or content providers may be held liable, irrespective of cause and duration, for loss that may arise from possible errors and unintentional omissions, defects or lack of information on the Website, or from any interruption or delay experienced by Visitors. None of these bodies or persons accepts liability for third-party claims of damage and loss, or for punitive damages or indirect loss.
5.8. The rekabetakademisi.com.tr Website may provide links and/or redirections to other websites. rekabetakademisi.com.tr may publish the advertisements of third parties with which it has agreements and/or application forms relating to various services, and may direct users to the sites of advertisers or third parties through those forms and advertisements. The existence of these links does not indicate that the content of the other sites and pages is monitored by rekabetakademisi.com.tr. rekabetakademisi.com.tr is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of the other websites reached through these links, nor for the privacy policies and practices of third parties. rekabetakademisi.com.tr has no liability whatsoever for the content that may be accessed through these links, and rekabetakademisi.com.tr is likewise not liable for loss arising from transactions carried out on the other websites reached. Visitors accept in advance that, when they access other websites using these links, the responsibility is their own.
5.9. The Member declares that they have completed the age of 18 and have the legal capacity required to enter into the Agreement.
5.10. Visitors accept and undertake in advance that they will use the Website and the Services in accordance with the rules of use established by this Agreement, and that all content created by their activities of every kind on the Website will comply with the rules of use and with the legislation in force. In this context, in all transactions carried out on the Website the Visitor shall comply with the Agreement and with the rules and conditions published on the Website, as well as with the law, morality and decency and the principles of good faith, and shall not engage in conduct capable of obstructing the operation of the Website by any method, nor in acts that infringe, or risk infringing, the rights of third parties.
5.11. The Visitor accepts, declares and undertakes that the information they share in order to benefit from the Services is accurate, up to date and their own. Personal data shared with rekabetakademisi.com.tr is processed within the scope of Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”). For further information on the processing of personal data, please review the Information Notice on the Processing of Personal Data.
5.12. The opinions and views declared, written and expressed by Members on the Website are entirely the Members’ own personal views. These views and opinions have no connection or relation whatsoever with rekabetakademisi.com.tr. rekabetakademisi.com.tr has no liability for loss suffered, or that may be suffered, by third parties because of the opinions and views expressed by Members, nor for loss that a Member may suffer because of the opinions and views expressed by third parties.
5.13. Synchronous (live) Certificate of Attendance training courses are opened with a minimum of 30 participating Members, and groups for Synchronous (live) Certificate of Attendance training courses with a minimum of 15 participating Members. If these quotas are not filled, the programmes are postponed or cancelled. In such cases rekabetakademisi.com.tr informs the Member, and the fees paid are refunded to the Members according to their method of payment. In synchronous (live) training, one lesson hour is equivalent to 40–45 minutes.
5.14. Asynchronous (recorded) training courses are made available to the Member within 24 (twenty-four) hours, and the Member may begin to benefit from the training whenever they wish. However, for university Certificate of Attendance training courses with examinations, the Member is admitted to the examination once there are at least 30 Members or within 60 days at the latest; for rekabetakademisi.com.tr certificate of attendance training courses, once there are at least 15 Members or within 30 days at the latest; for examinations organised with the Vocational Qualifications Authority and with Partner Vocational Qualification Bodies, once there are at least 15 Members or within 90 days at the latest; and for examinations organised with Examination Centres, once at least 20 Members are due to sit the examination or within 120 days at the latest. Examinations are held under the conditions published by the relevant institutions and organisations. The right to sit an examination online is valid only for the University Certificate of Attendance Training Examination and for the rekabetakademisi.com.tr Certificate of Attendance examinations. In Vocational Qualification Examinations organised with Partner Vocational Qualification Bodies, examinations are held face to face at an address in the province and district in which the Buyer is located, or at the Istanbul Maltepe and Istanbul Şirinevler addresses, under the terms of the agreement made with the Buyer and with the organisation to which the Buyer is affiliated. “Course Completion Certificate” examinations organised with the General Directorate of Private Education Institutions of the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Türkiye, with the District Directorate of Education of the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Türkiye, and with Partner Authorised Training Centres and Authorised Examination Centres, are held face to face. VQA Vocational Qualification Certificate and Ministry of National Education Course Completion Certificate examinations cannot be held online.
5.15. If the quotas are not filled within the participant numbers and periods stated above, or if the examinations cannot be held within the stated periods — save for the force majeure events set out in this agreement — the examinations are postponed or cancelled. The Member is informed of this, and 40% (forty per cent) of the fee paid is withheld on account of training system costs and asynchronous training video royalties, the remaining 60% (sixty per cent) being refunded to the Member according to the method of payment. In asynchronous (recorded) training, one lesson hour is equivalent to 17–25 minutes (on average 20 minutes).
6. Protection of Personal Data and Confidentiality
6.1. rekabetakademisi.com.tr undertakes to take all necessary measures to keep personal data and customer information confidential and to retain it in accordance with the legislation in force. For further information on personal data, please read the Information Notice on the Protection of Personal Data.
6.2. rekabetakademisi.com.tr may share visit, purchase and similar necessary information with third parties where compliance with obligations arising from the legislation in force is required, where information is requested in the course of an investigation or inquiry conducted by the competent administrative and/or judicial authorities in accordance with the rules of law and procedure, and/or where the provision of information is considered necessary in order to protect the security of Visitors.
6.3. Within the framework of the applicable legislation and with a view to improving and developing the rekabetakademisi.com.tr Website, it may collect, process, classify and retain in a database, and use, certain information employed to access the site — such as the Member’s identity details, address, e-mail address and telephone number, the name of their internet service provider and their Internet Protocol (IP) address, which sections of the Website they visit, the pages accessed while on the site, the internet address providing the direct connection to the site, the domain type, the browser type, and the date and time of the visit to the site — for purposes such as statistical evaluation, announcing campaigns and offering personalised services.
7. Force Majeure
7.1.
In all circumstances legally deemed force majeure, rekabetakademisi.com.tr is not legally liable for the late performance and/or the non-performance of any of the obligations arising from the Agreement. Such circumstances shall not be treated, as regards rekabetakademisi.com.tr, as delay, non-performance or default, nor shall they give rise to any obligation on the part of rekabetakademisi.com.tr to compensate any loss of the Member.
7.2.
Force majeure means all natural disasters, war, mobilisation, fire, strike and lockout, decisions taken by the government or by official authorities, together with infrastructure problems, faults in telecommunication networks, power cuts and unforeseen circumstances, which could not have been foreseen on the date the Agreement entered into force, which arise without any involvement of the Parties, and which make it impossible for the Parties to perform, in whole or in part, the obligations and responsibilities they have undertaken. In all circumstances deemed force majeure, rekabetakademisi.com.tr may not be held liable for the late or incomplete performance, or the non-performance, of any of the obligations established by the Agreement.
8. Limitation of Liability
8.1. rekabetakademisi.com.tr is not liable for any direct or indirect loss that may arise — other than through its gross fault — from entry to the rekabetakademisi.com.tr Website, from use of the Website or of the information, other data, programs and similar material on the Website, from benefiting from the services, from breach of the Agreement, from tort or from any other cause. rekabetakademisi.com.tr accepts no liability whatsoever, whether as a result of breach of the Agreement, tort, negligence or other causes, in respect of error, omission, deletion or loss of data, delay of a transaction or of communication, computer virus, communication failure, theft, destruction, unauthorised access to records, or alteration or use of records. The Member releases rekabetakademisi.com.tr from every kind of liability and from every claim for loss and demand, including court costs and other expenses, that may arise as a result of entry to the Website or to the sites linked to it, and of use of the Website.
8.2. The Member accepts and declares that rekabetakademisi.com.tr is under no obligation to investigate the authenticity, originality, security or accuracy of any information shared through the rekabetakademisi.com.tr Website, or to determine whether the sharing of such information is lawful, and that rekabetakademisi.com.tr has no liability whatsoever for loss that may arise on account of that information.
8.3. All risk relating to the Visitor’s use of the Website and to their benefiting from the Services rests exclusively with the Visitor. The Visitor accepts the Services “as is”, in the condition existing as at the effective date of the Agreement. Within the scope of the Agreement, rekabetakademisi.com.tr gives no express or implied undertaking as to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or use, or the absence of infringement. rekabetakademisi.com.tr does not guarantee that all of the Visitor’s requests will be met; it does, however, reserve the right to make changes to the content, the features and/or the modules of the service in order to increase its quality, broaden its scope or diversify it. Such changes will be published online and will be effective from the date of their publication. The Visitor has no right to make any claim against rekabetakademisi.com.tr on the ground of the changes made. The Visitor accepts, declares and undertakes that they will make no claim of any kind against rekabetakademisi.com.tr, under any name whatsoever, in relation to the use of the Website, and that rekabetakademisi.com.tr gives no warranty or undertaking that the Website and/or the Services will be free of defects and/or will meet all of the Member’s expectations. To the extent permitted by the applicable law, rekabetakademisi.com.tr shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or punitive loss arising from use of the Services because of the Member’s acts, including but not limited to loss of profit and loss of goodwill and reputation.
9. Assignment
9.1. rekabetakademisi.com.tr may assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time and without notification. The Member, however, may not assign the Agreement or any part of it to any other third party. Any attempted assignment of this kind is invalid. The Member may not assign this Agreement, or the rights and obligations within its scope, or their membership details, in whole or in part, to any third party without the written approval of rekabetakademisi.com.tr; the membership may not be opened to use by persons other than the Member. rekabetakademisi.com.tr may not be held liable in any way, directly and/or indirectly, for loss suffered, or that may be suffered, by third parties as a result of such assignments or unauthorised use. The membership of a Member who is found to have allowed their membership to be used by another person or to have assigned it is cancelled.
10. Special Membership
10.1. In addition to standard membership, the rekabetakademisi.com.tr Website may also provide a “Special Membership” Service, purchased for a specified fee and carrying more rights than standard membership. The information given by the Member when the Special Member fee is collected is deemed accurate. rekabetakademisi.com.tr is not liable for disputes arising with banks.
10.2. The Special Member is obliged to comply with all the provisions set out in this Agreement. rekabetakademisi.com.tr issues an invoice for the fee collected from every Member who purchases a Special membership and sends it to the member’s e-mail address. If the invoice does not arrive, the Member may request that the invoices issued in their name be sent to their address, by sending their new e-mail address to the e-mail address given on the rekabetakademisi.com.tr Website.
10.3. Special Members may request cancellation of their membership within 1 (one) week from the date on which they became members, without giving a reason. If the Special Membership is cancelled, rekabetakademisi.com.tr will refund the amount paid by the Special Member within 14 (fourteen) days at the latest and will cancel the Special Membership. For Special Membership cancellations requested after more than 1 (one) week has passed, the amount corresponding to the period of Special Membership used is deducted from the total amount, and a refund invoice is issued by the Special Member to rekabetakademisi.com.tr. Once the refund invoice reaches rekabetakademisi.com.tr, the refund amount is transferred to the Special Member’s account within 14 (fourteen) days at the latest. Where the Special Member is unable to issue a refund invoice to rekabetakademisi.com.tr, 18% VAT and 35% tax loss are deducted from the refund amount, and the remaining refund amount is transferred to the Special Member’s account within 14 (fourteen) days at the latest.
11. Resolution of Disputes
11.1. In all disputes that may arise in connection with this Agreement, the provisions contained in this text shall apply first and, on matters for which there is no provision, the legislation of the Republic of Türkiye shall apply. The Courts and Enforcement Offices of the province to which the institution is affiliated shall have jurisdiction in the resolution of disputes arising from the application of the Agreement.
12. Termination of the Agreement
12.1. This Agreement shall remain in force, and shall continue to produce its provisions and effects between the parties, until the Member cancels their membership or their membership is cancelled by rekabetakademisi.com.tr, and shall be deemed to have come to an end where the Member leaves the membership, the membership period expires, or the membership is suspended temporarily or permanently.
12.2. Where the Member breaches the Agreement, or similar rules relating to use, membership and services contained within the site, rekabetakademisi.com.tr may cancel their membership and terminate the agreement unilaterally. The Member shall be obliged to compensate all loss suffered by rekabetakademisi.com.tr because of the acts giving rise to termination.