Silahlaştırılmış Veri ve Algoritmik Siyaset Hibrit Savaş Ekseninde Gücün Dönüşümü

Abstract

Bu çalışma, 21. yüzyıl uluslararası ilişkiler disiplininde gücün ve güvenlik paradigmasının, Kompütasyonel Sosyal Bilimler (KSB), yapay zeka ve büyük veri analitiği ekseninde geçirdiği ontolojik dönüşümü incelemektedir. Çalışma, 1990’ların internete atfettiği "tekno-iyimser" atmosferden uzaklaşarak, teknolojinin bir hegemonya ve tahakküm aracına dönüştüğü "Algoritmik Siyaset" dönemine odaklanmaktadır. Temel teorik zemin olarak Shoshana Zuboff’un "Gözetim Kapitalizmi" ve Farrell ile Newman’ın "Silahlaştırılmış Karşılıklı Bağımlılık" tezlerini referans alan makale; verinin yalnızca ticari bir meta değil, aynı zamanda siyasal rızayı imal eden, karar alma süreçlerini yönlendiren ve toplumsal direnci kıran stratejik bir mühimmat olduğunu savunmaktadır. Bu bağlamda çalışma, Lasswell dönemi konvansiyonel propaganda yöntemlerinin ("sihirli mermi") yerini, bireylerin dijital ayak izlerinden elde edilen verilerle kurgulanan psikometrik mikro-hedefleme stratejilerine bıraktığını vurgular. Makalede, hibrit savaş doktrini çerçevesinde kullanılan algoritmik yöntemler ofansif ve defansif sistemler olarak sınıflandırılarak teknik detaylarıyla analiz edilmiştir. Ofansif yöntemler başlığı altında; kamuoyu duygu analizi (sentiment analysis), sosyal ağ haritalandırması, otonom sosyal bot ağları ve gerçeğin sınırlarını bulanıklaştıran deepfake teknolojilerinin kitle manipülasyonundaki rolü irdelenmiştir. Defansif yöntemler başlığı altında ise; dezenformasyon tespiti, bot avcısı algoritmalar (örn. Hoaxy, Botometer) ve sentetik medya doğrulama sistemlerinin işleyişi ve stratejik sınırları tartışılmıştır. Çalışmanın sonucunda; siber alanın askerileştiği bu yeni düzlemde, ulusal güvenliğin sadece fiziksel sınırları değil, toplumun "bilişsel bütünlüğünü" de kapsaması gerektiği ortaya konmuştur. Teknoloji devlerinin (Big Tech) veri üzerindeki tekeli ve epistemolojik hegemonyasına karşı, devletlerin "dijital egemenlik" tesis etmesi ve "hibrit güvenlik" doktrinleri geliştirmesi, modern dönemin bir beka sorunu olarak tanımlanmıştır.

Keywords

• Algoritmik Siyaset
• Büyük Veri Analitiği
• Hibrit Savaş
• Gözetim Kapitalizmi
• Kompütasyonel Sosyal Bilimler.

Weaponized Data and Algorithmic Politics: The Transformation of Power through the Lens of Hybrid Warfare

Abstract

This study examines the ontological transformation that power and security paradigms in the 21st-century international relations discipline have undergone within the axis of Computational Social Science (CSS), artificial intelligence, and big data analytics. Diverging from the "techno-optimistic" atmosphere attributed to the internet in the 1990s, the study focuses on the period of "Algorithmic Politics," where technology has transformed into an instrument of hegemony and domination. Taking Shoshana Zuboff’s "Surveillance Capitalism" and Farrell and Newman’s "Weaponized Interdependence" theses as its primary theoretical basis, the article argues that data is not merely a commercial commodity, but strategic ammunition that manufactures political consent, steers decision-making processes, and breaks societal resistance. In this context, the study emphasizes that the conventional propaganda methods of the Lasswell era ("magic bullet") have been replaced by psychometric micro-targeting strategies constructed using data obtained from individuals' digital footprints. In the article, algorithmic methods utilized within the framework of the hybrid warfare doctrine are analyzed in detail through a classification of offensive and defensive systems. Under the title of offensive methods, the role of public sentiment analysis, social network mapping, autonomous social bot networks, and deepfake technologies—which blur the boundaries of reality—in mass manipulation is examined. Under the title of defensive methods, the functioning and strategic limitations of disinformation detection, bot-hunting algorithms (e.g., Hoaxy, Botometer), and synthetic media verification systems are discussed. Consequently, the study reveals that in this new plane where the cyber domain has become militarized, national security must encompass not only physical borders but also the "cognitive integrity" of society. Establishing "digital sovereignty" and developing "hybrid security" doctrines against the monopoly and epistemological hegemony of technology giants (Big Tech) over data is defined as a modern survival issue for states.

Keywords

• Algorithmic Politics
• Big Data Analytics
• Hybrid Warfare
• Surveillance Capitalism
• Computational Social Science.

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