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Terms of use

These terms govern the use of Orbis at orbisreadingatlas.com and the sale of supporting membership.

Last updated: 9 October 2026

1.Publisher

Orbis is published by Yavuz Sarıkaya. Contact: editor@orbisreadingatlas.com.

2.Readings

The readings, recordings, pictures and videos belong to Orbis and their authors. Personal use and short quotations with a link to Orbis are free; republishing them in full or using them commercially needs written permission.

3.Membership and comments

Membership is free; you sign in with your e-mail address. Insults, hate speech, threats, other people's personal information, advertising and links are not allowed in comments, and such comments are removed.

4.Supporting membership

What you buy: for the period you choose, the Orbis digital magazine of eight articles a week, at least 36,000 characters in total (including spaces, measured on the English text), with audio of each article. Access starts as soon as you pay; you reach it in your browser at orbisreadingatlas.com, signed in to your account.

Gift: access to all other content on Orbis is given to members as a gift; it is not part of what the price pays for.

Price: $5 / 3 months, $7 / 6 months, $10 / year. Taxes due in your country are added on the payment page, which shows the total before you pay. Payment is made by card through the payment provider named on that page.

Renewal and cancellation: membership renews at the end of each period for the same period and price unless you cancel. You can cancel at any time; cancelling stops the next renewal, and access lasts until the end of the period you have paid for.

Refunds: because access is provided immediately on payment, there is no right of withdrawal, and payments are not refunded, including for the rest of a cancelled period.

5.Law

Turkish law applies.