Approaches of the personal of the Turkish Armed Forces to the crimes of informatics (A case study in Gaziantep)

In this thesis it is intended to obtain opinions of the staff members of Turkish Armed Forces about information technology, the perceptions towards informatics crimes and to measure members' information backgrounds. This study has been applied to 1 Colonel, 1 Lieutenant Colonel, 3 Captains, 1 First Lieutenant, 1 Third Lieutenant, 4 Master Sergeants, 1 Senior Staff Sergeant and 3 Specialist Sergeants who are currently on duty in Gaziantep. An interview form containing open-ended questions has been applied to staff members in an attempt to obtain opinions towards information technology and informatics crimes. The responses of the participants have been categorized in accordance with the content analysis method. Analysis have been made based on these categories. In consequence of the analysis it has become evident that the awareness of Turkish Armed Forces staff members about the information technology and the informatics crimes ought to be enhanced and the information level concerning the subject is inadequate. Before spending high amount of money for informatics technologies, decision maker authorities ought to review the education programmes. Key Words: Computer, Internet, Information Technology, Informatics Crimes, Cyber War, Information Security, Education, Turkish Armed Forces