THE FUTURE OF TERRORISM

Mehmet Erkin Kara

doi:10.58375/sde.1637580

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THE FUTURE OF TERRORISM

Abstract

The dramatic rise of terrorism has accelerated after 9/11 Attacks and it has comprehensively affected the world within public eyes and academic world. Although every human being use the terrorism term and they know what terrorist’s methods are, most of them can’t explain properly the meaning of terrorism or theory of terrorism. Evaluating modern history of terrorism is very hard to categorize too. Furthermore, there are a lot of definitions and description of terrorism in academic world. But there is no prominent consensus about its definition and description in international community. But David Rapoport’s academic article “The Four Waves of Terrorism” has been accepted as the most respectful analyzed theory which is about history of modern international terrorism in security and terrorism studies literature. According to his theory, terrorism waves emerges, peaks, and recedes in a wave like pattern. The first wave began with anarchist terrorism and they have been currently going on with fourth waves of terrorism which is a religion wave. Numerous studies were conducted after his four waves of modern terrorism theory. Most of them have searched for fifth waves which may be seen in the future. But they haven’t been accepted as influential as David Rapoport’s four waves of terrorism theory. In this perspective this study aims to add a new accessible approach for fifth waves of terrorism. Thus it simply seeks to fulfill this need.

Keywords

Terrorism , Theory , Theory of Terrorism , Wave of Terrorism Theory , The Fifth Wave of Terrorism

TERÖRİZMİN GELECEĞİ

Öz

11 Eylül Saldırıları sonrasında terörizmin dramatik yükselişi hızlanmış, kamuoyu ve akademik dünya nezdinde dünyayı kapsamlı bir şekilde etkilemiştir. Her insan terör terimini kullanmasına ve teröristlerin yöntemlerinin ne olduğunu bilmesine rağmen çoğu terörün anlamını veya terör teorisini tam olarak açıklayamıyor. Terörizmin modern tarihini değerlendirmek de kategorize etmek oldukça zordur. Ayrıca akademik dünyada terörizmin pek çok tanımı ve açıklaması bulunmaktadır. Ancak uluslararası toplumda tanımı ve tanımı konusunda belirgin bir fikir birliği yoktur. Ancak David Rapoport'un "Terörizmin Dört Dalgası" adlı akademik makalesi, güvenlik ve terörizm çalışmaları literatüründe modern uluslararası terörizmin tarihine ilişkin en saygın analiz edilen teori olarak kabul edildi. Onun teorisine göre terör dalgaları dalga benzeri bir düzende ortaya çıkar, zirveye çıkar ve geri çekilir. Birinci dalga anarşist terörle başladı ve şu anda din dalgası olan dördüncü terör dalgasıyla devam ediyor. Dört dalga modern terörizm teorisinin ardından çok sayıda çalışma yapıldı. Birçoğu gelecekte görülebilecek beşinci dalgayı araştırdı. Ancak David Rapoport'un dört dalga terörizm teorisi kadar etkili olduğu kabul edilmedi. Bu perspektiften bakıldığında bu çalışma, terörizmin beşinci dalgasına yeni ve erişilebilir bir yaklaşım eklemeyi amaçlamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Terörizm , Teori , Terörizm Teorisi , Terörizm Dalgası Teorisi , Beşinci Terörizm Dalgası

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Mehmet Erkin Kara ^*
0000-0001-9546-6847
Türkiye

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May 30, 2025

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February 11, 2025

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May 20, 2025

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Year 1970 Volume: 5 Number: 2

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Kara, M. E. (2025). THE FUTURE OF TERRORISM. SDE Akademi, 5(2), 209-235. https://doi.org/10.58375/sde.1637580

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