These terms set out the rules for using the pugat.org website and its content. By using the site, you accept these terms.
1. Nature of the service
pugat.org is a non-profit online publication published by PUGAT – Pusula Güvenlik Araştırmaları Topluluğu. Reading the site is free of charge and requires no registration.
2. Nature of the content and limitation of liability
- Our articles are intended to inform and to contribute to public debate. Guides, particularly on migration, asylum and residence, provide general information only and do not replace legal advice. For decisions about your personal situation, we recommend consulting a lawyer or the competent authority.
- We prepare our content carefully and review it regularly; however, laws and practices can change quickly. Please take the publication date of each article into account.
- Commentaries and essays reflect the views of their authors.
3. Copyright and quotation
- Unless otherwise stated, the articles on this site belong to their authors and to PUGAT and are protected by copyright.
- Articles may be quoted at reasonable length, provided the source (“PUGAT”, author’s name) is given and the article is linked.
- Republishing, translating or commercially using an article in full or a substantial part of it, in print or digital media, requires our written permission. Requests for permission can be sent via our Contact page.
- Images are subject to their own licence terms; please refer to the source and licence information below each image.
- Bulk copying of the site’s content by automated means and its use to train artificial intelligence models are not permitted without our consent.
4. Comments and contributions
- Everyone who posts a comment is responsible for its content.
- Comments containing insults, threats, hate speech, disclosure of other people’s personal data, unlawful content or advertising are not published or are removed.
- By submitting an article, you confirm that it is your own work and does not infringe third-party rights. Published articles may be edited; substantial changes are made only with the author’s approval.
5. Links
The operators of external websites linked from our site are responsible for their content. You are welcome to link to our site; however, displaying our content within a frame as if it were your own is prohibited.
6. Site security
Any attempt to disrupt the operation of the site, gain unauthorised access or damage its systems is prohibited.
7. Changes and governing law
We may update these terms as necessary; the current version is always available on this page. These terms are governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany. Your rights as a consumer under the mandatory provisions of your country of residence remain unaffected.
