Terms and Conditions
Last updated: June 2026
These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the website harbingertribune.com (the "Website") operated by Levent Gulkok ("Operator", "we", "us", or "our"). By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website.
1. Nature of the Service
The Website is an independent digital news publication providing news, commentary, and analysis focused on Asia. The Website is currently operated on a non-commercial basis. No paid subscriptions, products, or services are offered through the Website at this time.
2. Permitted Use
You may access and use the Website for personal, non-commercial informational purposes only. You may:
- Read and view content published on the Website
- Share links to articles on the Website on social media or other platforms
- Print or download individual articles for personal, non-commercial use
3. Prohibited Use
You may not:
- Reproduce, republish, distribute, sell, or commercially exploit any content from the Website without prior written permission
- Systematically extract content from the Website (e.g. by scraping or crawling) without authorisation
- Use the Website in a manner that violates any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation
- Transmit any unsolicited commercial communications through the Website
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Website or its underlying infrastructure
- Use the Website to distribute malware, viruses, or other harmful software
- Use the Website in any way that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Website or interfere with any other party's use of the Website
4. Intellectual Property
All content published on the Website — including but not limited to articles, headlines, photographs, graphics, logos, and layout — is the property of the Operator or its respective rights holders and is protected by applicable copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. Nothing on the Website shall be construed as granting any licence or right to use any content without the express prior written permission of the Operator or the relevant rights holder.
Where images are sourced from third-party providers, the respective copyright notices and credits are displayed. If you believe that your intellectual property rights have been infringed, please contact us immediately at support@harbingerpressmedia.com.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The Website and all content therein are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without any representations or warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement.
6. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Operator shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the Website or its content. This includes, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, data, goodwill, or other intangible losses, even if the Operator has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
7. External Links
The Website may contain hyperlinks to third-party websites. Such links are provided for informational purposes only. We have no control over the content, privacy practices, or policies of third-party websites and accept no responsibility for them. The inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement of the linked website by Harbinger Tribune. You access third-party websites entirely at your own risk.
8. Availability
We do not guarantee that the Website will be available at all times or without interruption. We reserve the right to suspend, modify, or discontinue the Website or any part thereof at any time without notice.
9. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, to the extent applicable and without prejudice to any mandatory consumer protection provisions of the law of your country of residence. Disputes arising from these Terms shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Germany.
10. Changes to These Terms
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. The updated Terms will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the Website after the posting of revised Terms constitutes your acceptance of such changes.
11. Contact
For any questions regarding these Terms: support@harbingerpressmedia.com