A research on financial methods used in financing terrorism

The 20th century was a period of multifaceted conflicts at the national, regional and international level. In this period, especially the four dimensions/waves of modern terrorism occurred with different intensity in different regions. Dimensions such as ideology, activism, organization, strategy/method or modulisoperandi have been discussed in detail in the literature related to these four terror waves. However, financing of terrorism has become a subject that has been studied more intensively in the terrorism literature since September 11, 2001, and the concept of "follow the money and find the criminal" has become an important counter-terrorism strategy. . Terrorism needs constant financial support in order to continue its activities and take various measures, and these needs are usually in the form of direct arms support or financial support from various states and are implemented in the form of sowing and planting for a certain period of time. selling various illegal products (drugs). In this study, the crime of financing of terrorism has been tried to be investigated. Keywords: Terrorism, Crime, Financing, Financing of terrorist crimes