What Is Cekici-Sanal?

Cekici-Sanal is an online dating and hookup site targeting Turkey and Turkish-speaking individuals around the world. The site is only a few years old and while it is not as renowned as other sites in its market, it has captured the attention of many women and men. The main reason is their claim of “levelling the playing field” by creating a platform where “women tend to make the first move”. However, Cekici-Sanal might not be all that it seems.

In our complete review below we cover pretty much anything you’d need to know before you click that big green “register” button. From some basic pros and cons, to its registration process and profile completion, we will also cover its features, costs, and whether it is truly a legitimate and safe site to join.

Pros

• Dedicated dating site for Turkish people

• Women are encouraged to make the first move

• Optimised for use on all devices

• Sex-positive community of singles

• Cheaper than most paid dating sites

Cons

• No Cekici-Sanal app available

• Operation of “system profiles”

• Limited matchmaking features

• Coin-based website (requires constant topping-up to chat)

Login Process

Cekici-Sanal makes its users’ lives as easy as possible when it comes to accessing the site, and as such it supports a quick sign up option with your Gmail account. For those who do not have a Gmail account, or would rather do things the old fashioned way though, the registration form is only slightly longer and requires the below information:

• Your gender (male, female, couple, transgender)

• The gender you are seeking (male, female, couple, transgender)

• Username

• Email address

• Password

• Date of birth

• Country

• City

After filling in all of the above, you will finally be asked to accept the site’s Terms and Privacy Policy by ticking the given box. Once you do, the “Register” button will become green, and clicking it will grant you access to the website and 80 free coins.

Profile Completion

Upon your first login to the website, you will be asked to verify your email address if you chose to sign up through the form. We recommend you do so as it not only allows you to send messages on your chat area, but also brings your profile completion metre all the way up to 20%. Verifying your email address grants you 100 free coins as well, so the benefits are definitely worth the time.

Your profile page is split into multiple different sections, some of which provide some additional free coins once filled in. Here’s the breakdown:

• Profile picture (20 coins)

• Gallery photos (adding at least 3 grants you 20 coins)

• “About me” text (20 coins)

• General Information (outer appearance and lifestyle)

• Interests (a list of 80+ sexual interests, adding at least 5 grants you 20 coins)

Your profile and gallery photos, as well as your “About me” text will be under review by the moderators of the website before they fill up your profile completion metre. Aside from your profile page though, if you wish to get some additional free coins, you can:

• Enable push notifications to your device (60 coins)

• Verify your profile through your mobile number (40 coins)

• Log in daily (10 coins for the first 6 days, and 40 coins on the 7th)

User Account Quality

It’s always positive when the profile pictures of other people on a site look realistic. While you can’t avoid one or two that straight-up look like models, we were pleased to see a pretty good mix of empty, realistic, and questionable profiles on Cekici-Sanal. It’s also good to mention that all profiles (even those without a profile picture) still have 1 or 2 gallery photos uploaded, although not all of them are “public”.

On the other hand though, Cekici-Sanal also references the use of “system profiles” in their terms. These are profiles operated by moderators of the site and are in place mainly to keep the users of the site entertained. While this is not a bad thing all in itself, unfortunately, there is no way to tell them apart from the genuine ones.

Dating Features

Speed Date

“Speed Date” is the base matchmaking feature of Cekici-Sanal, allowing users to view potential matches in a gamified version of Tinder’s Swiping tool. The feature presents you with the profile picture, username, age, and location of another users. From there you can either click on the “x” or “thumbs up” icons to skip or like them respectively. When two users like each other through the “Speed Date” feature, it’s a match!

Pins

“Pins” is your personalised list of Cekici-Sanal users. You can start adding people to the list by visiting their profiles and clicking on the “push pin” icon just under their profile picture. After that, you can find them through the “Pins” tab on the side menu of the website. You will notice that the page itself is split into two sections. The first one is your own personalised list titled “Pins”, the second is titled “Pinned Me” and features the profiles of other users who added you to their own “Pins” lists.

Viewed Me

“Viewed Me” is a pretty self-explanatory feature allowing you to get an insight on who visited your Cekici-Sanal profile. Unfortunately, you can’t find your own visits through the feature, but it’s definitely worth sending a message to the users on the list, as they are likely interested in you.

Prices & Costs

As mentioned previously, Cekici-Sanal is a coin-based dating site, which means that there is a need for coins in order for the site to be used to its full potential. While all features are free to use for all users however, you need to have some coins in order to send messages. Each message costs 40 coins each, and all users can top-up their balances through the site.

Below you can find a breakdown of the coin packages available at Cekici-Sanal:

Regardless of your geographical location, the site accepts payments through Visa or Mastercard. The charges will show up as Meet Us Media Ltd on credit card charges.

How Safe Is Cekici-Sanal?

Virus Protection

Cekici-Sanal references its own security protocols in its Terms and Conditions, however, there is no clear indication as to what types of steps are being taken to keep the site virus and bug free. As it is stated they “take all reasonably practicable steps” but they also clarify that they will not be held liable for possible viruses caused by the use of the site.

They further state that they cannot and do not guarantee that the site will be free of bugs at all times. In fact, they encourage users to download their own software (such as anti-virus programs) to minimise the risks. While that request is reasonable, we would definitely feel much safer knowing what the aforementioned steps taken are.

Third-Parties

The site specifies that third-party entities are used to either collect data or provide payment services through the platform, however that’s not all there is to it. As stated in section 6 of their privacy policy, Cekici-Sanal might provide your personal data to third-parties. Nonetheless, they also clarify that your express consent will be needed before said information is shared for marketing purposes.

Finally, in section 11, they state that while advertising links to third party providers can be accessed through the site, they take no responsibility for their services and possible damages caused by them. While that is reasonable in itself, the fact that there is no clear due-diligence in how secure said links are does raise some red flags in our books.

Final Thoughts

All in all, Cekici-Sanal is an interesting platform for Turkish-speaking singles to take advantage of. As stated, the site is quite sex-positive and is optimised for use on all devices, its lack of a dedicated mobile app and reliance on coin-based communication keep it from landing a high rating from our experts. It’s also important to keep in mind the “system profiles” as well as the limited matchmaking features before you go on and create a profile on the platform. Nonetheless, the site is quite affordable in comparison to others in its market, so, if you are looking for a cheap way to have some online dating fun with some Turkish hotties, this might be the site for you!