TERRORIST ATTACKS IN AVIATION: AN ANALYSIS OF ATATURK AIRPORT ATTACK ON 28th OF JUNE 2016

Abstract

For the last century, terrorism has shown itself in many different field. One and maybe the most effective field is aviation sector. Natural structure of aviation is international which is known and operated by different countries at the same time. Because of its function, airports are the most strategical places for country, securing these areas are also extremely crucial. Thus, airports are number-one target for sensational terrorist attacks. In this paper, Atatürk Airport attack on 28^th June 2016 has been studied and outcomes are discussed for more sophisticated security systems. In the first stage of this paper, the theoretical research of terrorist attacks and related terms have been examined. In the second part, with the data acquired by study in practice airport attack on 28 June 2016, reasons of attack, precautions after explosion and negative consequences have been stated with articles. In the final part of the study, the actual and possible results of airport attack have been discussed and evaluated by employee working at airport by means of semi-structured interview and in-depth analysis. With analyzing the obtained results, the impact of terrorist attack at Atatürk Airport on governmental and personal level has been identified and on the purpose of improvement of system some recommendations have been made.  

Keywords

• Airport attacks,airport security,terrorist attack,aviation security,precautions for airport

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