Terrorism In Turkey

Terrorism in Turkey is defined in Turkey's criminal law as crimes against the constitutional order and internal and external security of the state by the use of violence as incitement or systematic to create a general climate of fear and intimidation of the population and thereby effect political, religious, or ideological goals. Since the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, both organized groups, lone wolf, and international spy agencies have committed many acts of domestic terrorism against Turkish people.

This article serves as categorization and a compilation of acts of terrorism, attempts to commit acts of terrorism, and other such items which pertain to terrorist activities which are engaged in by non-state actors or spies who are acting in the interests of state actors or persons who are acting without the approval of foreign governments within the domestic borders of the Republic of Turkey.

The organizations on the list carry out cyber attacks on various ethnic identities, devices and individuals not only in social life but also on social media (Instagram and TikTok for example). They are also trying to take control of the media through cyber means and aim to gain sympathy and support through the media. There are symbols used by members of this organization. their clothes, lifestyle, the region they live in and where they take shelter, and their activities; by sharing their acts of distribution and brutality through the media 'without hesitation'; People from many backgrounds, races and ages around the world are threatened by spreading and sharing these images through the media.

The signs and physical symbols they use are to threaten people by raising the index finger (the index finger) up and into the air (Islamic Terrorist Organizations Symbols); The aim is to 'use religion' to talk about the activities they will do and to persuade them to Islam, to make them adopt the concept of jihad, to see themselves as soldiers of Allah and to force people to believe in this direction, to terrorize them and to spread terror with brutality. The clothing styles of men and women belonging to these organizations are in accordance with the Islamic religion they adopt. Men have long beards and turbans, and women wear black chadors. Today, their terrorist acts have become widespread in countries such as Turkey, (also associated with Kurdish Terrorist Organizations), European and Asian countries, and America. There are age groups, nationalities and people they target. They pose a global problem.
The terrorist acts carried out by these Islamic, sharia and jihadist organizations together with the Kurdish Terrorist Organizations are also obvious.

Organization
Fethullah Terrorist Organization, Parallel State Structure Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C)
Maoist Communist Party (MKP)
Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML)
Marxist Leninist Communist Party (MLKP)
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Kurdistan Revolutionary Party (PŞK)
Kurdistan Democratic Party/North (PDK/Bakur)
Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK)
Hezbollah
Caliphate State (HD)
Islamic Great Eastern Raiders Front (İBDA/C)
Tevhid Salam (Jerusalem Army)
Al-Qaeda Terrorist Organization Turkey Structure
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/DAEŞ)

The Kurdish Terrorist Organizations listed in the table above also have their own interests, symbols and activities/aid. These are mainly; a flag made of green, red and yellow colors (the colors and the sun symbol are brought together on social media), the sun symbol and the symbol of raising the 'pointer and middle finger' in the air, which is shown as a peace sign globally. While these signs are considered forbidden and related to the terrorist organization in certain circles, many people are unaware of this information and what is happening. Among the crimes they commit; substance use and sale, harassment, kidnapping, various threats, disrupting the order of countries, violating borders, savagery and massacre in social areas (with weapons and bombs), infiltrating social life and brainwashing people and imposing substance use on people to become members of their own organization. 'To set eyes on' the identities of states through immigration and to expand the areas for their activities by acquiring an 'identity' (introducing themselves to other countries and people with a different ethnic origin and using the legal rights of the country and citizens as their own, issuing fake identities, raising a flag, forcing states to accept their independence as a minority and trying to corrupt and assimilate the borders, historical values and elements of countries and doing these in other countries by violating the borders and people of different countries.

To display activities such as manipulation, forgery, fraud, violation, savagery, terror, terror. To drag the world into savagery in line with the purposes and ideals such as turning civilizations against each other and not recognizing any value in line with their own interests. These are organizations that organize similar criminal activities. There are institutions and organizations that fight against these organizations.

Geographic patterns

Terrorist attacks in Turkey have occurred in the southeastern and eastern provinces and major cities like Ankara and Istanbul. According to Nadir Öcal and Jülide Yildirim, most of the terrorist incidents in Turkey have been concentrated in South Eastern and Eastern Turkey and major cities.

By ideology

The instability of Turkish Polity originated from the constitutional monarchy of the Ottoman Empire, which suffered dramatic movements that threatened to destroy its national being as early as the nationalist movement in Anatolia in 1919. Turkey's political liberalization began with Adnan Menderes and Celal Bayar's registering of the Democrat Party (DP) in January 1946. However, beginning in the 1960s the political instability had a new dimension. Political terrorism in Turkey:

Left Wing

Over the 1960s, Leftist radicals first attempted to challenge the political regime by use of sit-ins, street demonstrations, and the establishment of a new political party, the Turkish Labor Party (TLP). After only receiving 3% of the popular vote in the 1965 election, and 2.7% four years later, leftist radicals began to turn to a more militant approach.

Anti-government

1970s stemmed from the student protest movement in the 1960s.

Over the 1970s. Left-wing terrorism began in 1969 when the Proletarian Revolutionaries and Proletarian Socialists formed the Federation of Revolutionary Youth of Turkey (Dev-Genç). Knowledge on the use of explosives and weapons was provided by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).Sayari, Sabri. "Political Violence and Terrorism in Turkey, 1976–80: A Retrospective Analysis." ''Terrorism and Political Violence 22'', no. 2 (2010): 198-215. Terror activities included bank robberies, bombings and kidnappings (for ransom). In 1971, the military declared martial law to arrest revolutionaries. By 1973, these incidents had stopped.

According to Turkish professor Sabri Sayari, more than 5,000 people were killed in hundreds of terrorist incidents between 1976 and 1980.

Over the 1970s, the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) was established in 1994 following the breakup of the Dev Sol group. The anti-American group, which opposed Turkish membership in NATO and the "Turkish establishment ideology" has been involved in several high-profile attacks against American interests in Turkey, and was still active in 2015.

Over the 2000, The DHKP/C began a campaign of suicide bombings in 2001, combining the tactic with targeted assassination and the use of improvised explosives to attack the Turkish police. The violent campaign intensified in 2003 in response to Turkish support in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

DHKP/C resumed attacks against Turkish police in 2012 following a nearly decade-long hiatus. In March 2015 they took a Turkish prosecutor hostage who lost his life in the subsequent shootout with police. An unsuccessful suicide bombing attempt in April 2015 targeted the Istanbul headquarters of the Turkish police.

Separatist

Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a Kurdish separatist group, was responsible for the vast majority of terrorist attacks through 1980s and 1990s. These attacks disproportionately affected the eastern and southeastern regions of Turkey, where the PKK focused its activities. Notable terrorist attacks throughout this period include Pınarcık, Bingöl

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