This Job Applicant Privacy Notice has been prepared by AVRUPAKENT GAYRİMENKUL YATIRIM ORTAKLIĞI ANONİM ŞİRKETİ ("AVRUPAKENT GYO"), acting as the data controller, pursuant to Article 10 of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("KVKK" or the "Law") and the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles to Be Followed in Fulfilling the Obligation to Inform.

1. Personal Data Processed

The following personal data provided by you through the job application form in the Careers section of www.avrupakentgyo.com (the "Website") may be processed:

  1. Identity Information: First name, last name, place of birth, and date of birth.
  2. Contact Information: Email address, mobile/telephone number, and full address.
  3. Application Information: Position applied for, application date, and information relating to the recruitment process.
  4. Other Information: Personal information voluntarily provided in the optional message field of the application form.

The application form does not request special categories of personal data. Therefore, you should not disclose special categories of personal data, such as health information or information concerning criminal convictions and security measures, in the message field.

2. Purposes of Processing Personal Data

Your personal data may be processed for the following purposes:

  1. Conducting employee candidate, intern, and student selection and placement processes.
  2. Receiving, reviewing, and evaluating job applications.
  3. Assessing suitability for the position applied for.
  4. Planning and managing human resources processes.
  5. Communicating with candidates during the recruitment process.
  6. Planning and conducting job interviews where necessary.
  7. Fulfilling legal obligations and establishing, exercising, or protecting rights in potential legal disputes.

3. Methods of Collection and Legal Grounds for Processing

Your personal data is collected electronically through the job application form completed on the Website by partially automated means.

Depending on the nature of the relevant processing activity, your personal data may be processed on the following legal grounds set out in Article 5(2) of the Law:

  1. Processing is necessary for the establishment or performance of a contract, provided that it is directly related to the parties to the contract.
  2. Processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or protection of a right.
  3. Processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that it does not prejudice the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.
  4. Processing is necessary for the data controller to comply with its legal obligations.

These legal grounds apply only where their conditions are met in relation to the relevant processing activity.

4. Transfer of Personal Data

Your personal data may be transferred, to the extent necessary for the purposes stated above and in accordance with Article 8 of the Law, to authorized providers of human resources, information technology, software, hosting, and technical support services involved in recruitment processes, as well as competent public authorities and judicial or administrative bodies where required by law.

Any transfer of your personal data to shareholders, affiliates, subsidiaries, or other group companies may take place only where a valid legal basis exists under the Law and the applicable requirements have been fulfilled.

If your personal data is transferred abroad, the requirements of Article 9 of the Law and other applicable legislation shall be observed.

5. Retention and Disposal of Personal Data

Your personal data is retained for the period necessary to evaluate your current job application, comply with applicable legal obligations, and protect rights in potential legal disputes.

When the reasons requiring the processing of your personal data cease to exist, your personal data will be deleted, destroyed, or anonymized in accordance with the Law and applicable legislation, unless another valid legal basis for retention exists.

The retention and evaluation of your application information in a CV pool for future job opportunities constitutes a separate processing activity from the evaluation of your current application. This activity will be carried out based on your voluntary explicit consent provided under the CV Pool Explicit Consent Form, for a maximum period of 2 (two) years from the date of your consent. Refusing to provide consent will not affect the evaluation of your current job application.

6. Rights of the Data Subject

Under Article 11 of the Law, you have the following rights:

  1. To learn whether your personal data is being processed.
  2. To request information if your personal data has been processed.
  3. To learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether it is being used in accordance with that purpose.
  4. To know the third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred, whether domestically or abroad.
  5. To request the correction of incomplete or inaccurate personal data.
  6. To request the deletion or destruction of your personal data under the conditions stipulated in Article 7 of the Law.
  7. To request that third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred be notified of any correction, deletion, or destruction of your personal data.
  8. To object to any result arising against you from the analysis of your personal data exclusively through automated systems.
  9. To request compensation for damages suffered as a result of the unlawful processing of your personal data.

7. Application Procedure

You may submit requests concerning your rights under Article 11 of the Law to AVRUPAKENT GAYRİMENKUL YATIRIM ORTAKLIĞI ANONİM ŞİRKETİ in accordance with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller.

You may submit your requests in writing to Ataköy 7-8-9-10. Kısım Mah. Çobançeşme E-5 Yan Yol Cad. Avrupa Residence-Office No:8/2/7 Bakırköy/İstanbul, Türkiye, or by registered electronic mail (KEP) to avrupakentgayrimenkul@hs01.kep.tr. Subject to the conditions prescribed by applicable legislation, you may also submit requests by email from an address previously registered in the Company's systems to info@avrupakentgyo.com.

8. Withdrawal of Explicit Consent

Where your explicit consent has been obtained for the processing of your personal data, you may withdraw such consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing activities carried out on the basis of your consent before its withdrawal.

Upon withdrawal of consent, processing activities based on that consent will be discontinued. Personal data that must continue to be processed or retained on another valid legal basis will remain subject to the applicable legal requirements.