Terörizm Çalışmaları: Türkiye’deki Araştırmalara İlişkin Betimsel Bir Analiz
Terrorism Studies: A Descriptive Analysis on Researches in Turkey

Summary/Abstract: This study aims to determine the academic disciplinary condition of the terrorism studies in Turkey through analyzing their context and scientific research methods. Firstly, contemporary international terrorism studies have been examined, and then terrorism studies in Turkey have been analyzed longitudinally via qualitative and quantitative techniques according to their topic, context, and methodology. To reach this aim, three different datasets have been generated after examining theses, dissertations, and academic articles published in Turkey. Additionally, interviews have been conducted with and questionnaires have been sent to the academicians who study terrorism and related topics. Further, the study has discussed the problems based on the findings on terrorism researches and how to contribute to the terrorism studies. The study has concluded that terrorism studies in Turkey are multi-disciplined; based on secondary sources and literature review; lack of terrorism experts from different academic disciplines; insufficient in definitional and theoretical discussions, and empirical researches; dominated by qualitative research and analysis techniques and methods.

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