Terör Örgütlerinin İnternet Kullanımı

Yıl 2019, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 2, 243 - 267, 31.12.2019

Ergül Çeliksoy Smith Ouma

Öz

Terör örgütleri interneti birçok amaç için kullanmaktadır. Bunların başında, terör propagandası yapmak, insanları radikalleştirmek, internet aracılığı ile uzaklardaki insanlara ulaşarak yeni üyeler devşirmek, terör saldırılarında kullanılmak üzere çeşitli patlayıcıların evde yapımını kolaylaştırıcı nitelikte bilgi içeren materyalleri internet üzerinden üyelerine ulaştırmak ve terör örgütlerinin internet aracılığı ile finanse edilmesi gelmektedir. Bu makale, terör örgütlerinin interneti hangi amaçlarla ve nasıl kullandığını inceleyerek internetin teröristlerin amacını gerçekleştirmede ne ölçüde etkili bir araç olduğunu tartışmayı amaçlamaktadır

Anahtar Kelimeler

terörizm, internet, teröristlerin internet kullanımı

TERRORIST USE OF THE INTERNET

Öz

This paper offers a brief overview of how and for what purposes the Internet is utilised by terrorists, and discusses whether it plays a vital role for today’s terrorist organisations. For this aim, the paper examines how terrorists use the Internet for the purposes of disseminating their propaganda, of achieving the radicalisation of
people and the recruitment of new supporters, and of providing online training for their supporters to carry out terrorist attacks as well as terrorist financing. It argues that the Internet is very important for today’s terrorist groups for a variety of reasons.

Anahtar Kelimeler

terrorism, internet, terrorist use of internet

Kaynakça

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