Last Updated: March 15, 2025
1. Agreement to Terms
These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the website and services provided by Widoroi Legal Services ("we," "our," or "us") located at www.widoroi.com (the "Website").
By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you should not access or use the Website or our services.
Please read these Terms carefully before using our Website. These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Widoroi Legal Services.
2. Description of Services
Widoroi Legal Services provides legal information, resources, and services related to Turkish law. Our services may include, but are not limited to:
- Legal information on our Website
- Legal consultation services
- Legal representation services
- Legal document preparation
- Other legal services as agreed upon in separate engagement agreements
The content on our Website is provided for general information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Specific legal advice should always be sought from a qualified attorney regarding your particular circumstances.
3. Eligibility
By using our Website and services, you represent and warrant that:
- You are at least 18 years old or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, whichever is higher;
- You have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract with Widoroi Legal Services;
- You will use our Website and services in accordance with these Terms; and
- Your use of our Website and services does not violate any applicable law or regulation.
If you are using our Website on behalf of a company, organization, or other entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind such entity to these Terms.
4. Account Registration
Some features of our Website may require you to register for an account. When you register, you agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information and to update such information to keep it accurate, current, and complete.
You are responsible for safeguarding your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security.
We reserve the right to disable any user account at any time in our sole discretion, including if we believe that you have violated these Terms.
5. Fees and Payment
Access to our Website is generally free. However, we may charge fees for certain services, which will be clearly indicated before you engage such services.
For paid services, you agree to pay all fees in accordance with the payment terms that are presented to you. All payments are non-refundable unless otherwise specified in a separate written agreement.
If you engage our legal services, the fees, payment terms, and refund policy will be set forth in a separate engagement agreement between you and Widoroi Legal Services.
6. User Conduct
In using our Website and services, you agree not to:
- Violate any applicable law, regulation, or these Terms;
- Use our Website in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect, or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Website;
- Use our Website for any fraudulent or unlawful purpose;
- Attempt to circumvent any content-filtering techniques we employ;
- Attempt to access any service or area of our Website that you are not authorized to access;
- Introduce any virus, trojan, worm, logic bomb, or other harmful material;
- Collect or harvest any information from our Website, including user accounts;
- Send any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, email, spam, or any other form of solicitation;
- Engage in any activity that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the functioning of our Website.
7. User Content
Our Website may allow you to submit, post, or share content ("User Content"). By submitting User Content, you grant us a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, and display such User Content in connection with our Website and services.
You represent and warrant that:
- You own or have the necessary rights to submit your User Content;
- Your User Content does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights or other rights of any third party;
- Your User Content does not violate any applicable law or regulation; and
- Your User Content is not defamatory, obscene, offensive, or otherwise objectionable.
We reserve the right to remove any User Content that we believe violates these Terms or is otherwise objectionable, in our sole discretion.
8. Intellectual Property Rights
The Website and its contents, features, and functionality, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, and software, are owned by Widoroi Legal Services and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Website without our prior written consent, except as follows:
- Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials;
- You may store files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display enhancement purposes;
- You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Website for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution.
You must not modify copies of any materials from this Website or delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices from copies of materials from this Website.
9. Disclaimers
THE WEBSITE AND ALL CONTENT, MATERIALS, AND SERVICES PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WIDOROI LEGAL SERVICES DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
The information provided on our Website does not constitute legal advice and should not be relied upon as such. The use of our Website does not create an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship is only formed when you sign a written engagement agreement with Widoroi Legal Services.
10. Limitation of Liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WIDOROI LEGAL SERVICES, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF REVENUE, PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM:
- YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE, THE WEBSITE;
- ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE WEBSITE;
- ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM THE WEBSITE; AND
- UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE, OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT;
WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING OUR WEBSITE OR USING OUR SERVICES DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY.
11. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Widoroi Legal Services, its affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, and service providers from and against all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to:
- Your violation of these Terms;
- Your violation of any rights of another person or entity; and
- Your User Content.
We reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims.
12. Termination
We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to all or part of our Website, with or without notice, for any reason, including, without limitation, breach of these Terms.
Upon termination:
- Your right to use the Website will immediately cease;
- If you have an account, you may no longer have access to your account or any content stored in your account; and
- All provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, limitations of liability, and indemnification obligations.
13. Governing Law
These Terms and your use of the Website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Turkey, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.
14. Dispute Resolution
Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Istanbul, Turkey.
Before initiating any formal legal proceeding, you agree to first try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting us at [email protected]. We will try to resolve the dispute by contacting you via email. If the dispute is not resolved within 30 days after initial contact, either party may proceed with formal legal action.
15. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions of these Terms will continue in full force and effect.
16. Changes to Terms
We reserve the right to modify or replace these Terms at any time in our sole discretion. We will provide notice of any material changes by posting the updated Terms on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of these Terms.
Your continued use of the Website after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms. If you do not agree to the new Terms, you must stop using the Website.
It is your responsibility to review these Terms periodically for changes. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our Terms.
