21’nci Yüzyılda Açık Kaynak İstihbaratı

Year 2023, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 17 - 38, 30.01.2023

Tolga Ökten

Abstract

Açık kaynaklar, günümüz istihbarat çalışmalarında yoğun olarak tartışılan bir konu başlığıdır. Birçok profesyonel, istihbaratın mutlaka gizli haber toplama faaliyetlerine dayanması gerektiğini ve bilgiye ulaşmanın kolay ve kısa bir yolu olmayacağını savunmaktadır. Diğerleri içinse açık kaynak istihbaratı yeni bir dönemi işaret etmektedir. Bu makalede, istihbarat çalışmaları literatüründe genelde teknoloji özelde ise açık kaynak başlığı altında yer alan bazı temel konu başlıklarının okuyuculara tanıtılması ve tartışılması amaçlanmıştır. Ayrıca, Türkçe terminoloji oluşturma sürecine de katkı sağlamak istenmektedir. Tartışma başlıkları; istihbaratın demokratikleşmesi, toplama-analiz ikiliği, görev ve kadro tanımlarındaki dönüşüm, açık kaynakların önleyici istihbarattaki güçlü ve zayıf yanları ile istihbarat zafiyeti olarak belirlenmiştir. Bu başlıklar etrafında istihbaratın 21. yüzyıldaki dönüşümü ve yol haritası tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

Açık Kaynak, Teknoloji, Dönüşüm, Toplama, Analiz

Open Source Intelligence in the 21th Century

Abstract

Open sources are an important topic of discussion in contemporary intelligence studies. Many professionals argue that intelligence should be based on covert intelligence collection methods and there is no easy way or shortcut to access information. For others, open-source intelligence indicates a new era in intelligence. Accordingly, in this study, some of the primary debates in the intelligence studies literature under technology generally and open source specifically are introduced and examined. Besides, it intends to contribute to the efforts of forming Turkish terminology. The main discussion topics are the democratization of intelligence, collection-analysis duality, transformation in job descriptions, strengths and weaknesses of open sources in warning intelligence, and intelligence failure. Around these topics, the transformation and the road map of intelligence are discussed.

Keywords

Open-Source, Technology, Transformation, Collection, Analysis

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