Analysis of Russian Federation and Turkey within the Context of Information Warfare
Abstract
Russian Federation (RF) which has a wide range of cyber warfare which cover espionage, counter/espionage, disinformation, electronic warfare capability, psychological war and propaganda, and cyber-attack activities and planning, is capable of employing the cyber effectiveness and power which it owns as a pressure tool towards achieving its political objectives. As it is well known, the tension which had started after Turkish F-16 aircraft had downed a Russian Su-24 aircraft on 24 November 2015 after the aircraft had violated Turkish airspace was transferred to a new stage after “DDoS” attacks to Turkey on 14 December 2015. The reason being that following these attacks it was believed in the public opinion that RF was applying information warfare strategy in his relations with Turkey. Within this context, we will explicate these allegations in our work and analyze whether RF is applying a serious and effective cyber propaganda activities towards Turkey, together with a global information war strategy that takes full advantage of social media opportunities and is nourished from local instruments.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
A. Burak Darıcılı
ULUDAĞ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SOSYAL BİLİMLER ENSTİTÜSÜ, ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER (DR)
Türkiye
Barış Özdal
ULUDAĞ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye
Publication Date
April 11, 2017
Submission Date
April 11, 2017
Acceptance Date
February 4, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 4 Number: 1
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