Interaction forms and cyber crime victims in the world: The case of Bursa

With the internet that emerged during the Cold War period, a great change and transformation process began to be experienced around the world. With the digitalization brought about by the discovery of the Internet, globalization has accelerated and has led to the transformation of conventional cultural structures, routine activities, crime and similar phenomena into digital. The transfer of the crime phenomenon to the virtual environment has brought its victims with it. In this research, the common aspects of the victims who were transferred to the virtual environment and affected by the crimes defined as cybercrime were investigated. At the same time, it was also investigated whether certain characteristics of the victims were effective in experiencing victimization. The theoretical basis of the research is the Routine Activities Theory, which Lawrence Cohen and Marcus Felson have worked on. Bursa province was determined as the spatial limit of the research. The working group consists of 20 people who have been victims of cybercrime. In this research, in which the qualitative method was preferred in order to better understand the process experienced by the victims, the phenomenological approach was taken as the basis. Research data; It was obtained by conducting semi-structured in-depth interviews with 20 participants who were determined by criterion sampling technique. The data obtained were interpreted using the descriptive analysis technique. It has been concluded that the routine internet usage habits of individuals cause them to experience victimization. Keywords: Digitalization, Crime, Cybercrime, Victim, Routine Activities Theory