The İmportance Of Aeiıal Counterterrorism Activıties The Case Of Türkiye — Fatma Nur Günay

The Republic of Türkiye has faced various security threats especially terrorism since its establishment Iraq based separatist terrorist organizations became visible in the 1980s Türkiye s internal security has been threatened by the separatist terrorist organization PKK KCK which has created a covert and illegal line from the Iraqi border regions to Türkiye by carrying out terrorist attacks whenever it finds an opportunity On the other hand Türkiye has continued its counterterrorism activities with innovative security policies and revisionary operational approaches by adapting to the global security perception that has changed over time Therefore Türkiye has implemented different counterterrorism strategies from time to time both against changing terrorist threats and changing conjunctures In this book Türkiye s changing and transforming counterterrorism activities are discussed within the scope of aviation operations Within the context of the New Security Concept increasing the internal security aviation operations as part of the Uninterrupted counterterrorism operations carried out under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior came to the fore in the period between 2016 2021 In this respect the capacity of the terrorist organization to attack was disrupted especially by neutralizing the so called leaders of the terrorist organization PKK KCK by making use of the surveillance reconnaissance and targeted killing functions of the UAVs UCAVs

The Republic of Türkiye has faced various security threats especially terrorism since its establishment Iraq based separatist terrorist organizations became visible in the 1980s Türkiye s internal security has been threatened by the separatist terrorist organization PKK KCK which has created a covert and illegal line from the Iraqi border regions to Türkiye by carrying out terrorist attacks whenever it finds an opportunity On the other hand Türkiye has continued its counterterrorism activities with innovative security policies and revisionary operational approaches by adapting to the global security perception that has changed over time Therefore Türkiye has implemented different counterterrorism strategies from time to time both against changing terrorist threats and changing conjunctures In this book Türkiye s changing and transforming counterterrorism activities are discussed within the scope of aviation operations Within the context of the New Security Concept increasing the internal security aviation operations as part of the Uninterrupted counterterrorism operations carried out under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior came to the fore in the period between 2016 2021 In this respect the capacity of the terrorist organization to attack was disrupted especially by neutralizing the so called leaders of the terrorist organization PKK KCK by making use of the surveillance reconnaissance and targeted killing functions of the UAVs UCAVs img src https s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com dia kitadagitim ckeditor_assets pictures 53 content_1_original_original jpg alt height 15 width 15 font size 1 color white font img