Analysis of financing of terrorism in Turkish law

Terrorism appears to be one of the main causes of fright and horror among people in the society, causing great losses in terms of human history. Terrorism and terrorism have been among the primary problems that countries have to deal with for years. The main reason that feeds terrorism or terrorism is to ensure continuous and unlimited money flow. The flow of money to terrorists is constantly provided, both legally and illegally, and as a result, terrorists make it difficult for them to continue their active actions in the international community outside the national area and to fight states against terrorism. It is impossible to continue the existence of a terrorist organization without financial resources. The more constant and high the amount of money transferred to terrorist elements, the more echoing of the action. The most effective method in the fight against terrorist organizations is to dry the financial resources of terrorism. In this context, finance provided to terrorism should be regulated as a crime in the domestic law of the states. Countries that experienced the heavy losses of financing terrorism especially after the September 11 terrorist attack went to regulations and prevented them. This crime is a new type of crime encountered for states. As a result, with the signing of the "International Convention on the Prevention of Financing of Terrorism Financing" signed by the States Parties on 9 December 1999, the crime of financing terrorism in domestic law was regulated and an independent crime took its place in domestic law. For our country, the crime of financing terrorism was included in our legal system for the first time with Article 7 of the Law No. 5532 dated 29.06.2006 and the abolished Article 8 of the Anti-Terror Law No. 3713. Later, with the Law No. 6415 on the Prevention of Financing of Terrorism, the crime of financing of terrorism entered into force. The subject of my master's thesis is to examine the financing of terrorism in Turkish law and to consider its preventive features. In the study, definitions of terrorism and terrorism are included, their types, reasons and purposes are discussed. The concept of financing terrorism, financial sources of terrorism, transfer methods and the relationship between financing of terrorism and money laundering methods are mentioned. International regulations made to prevent the said crime are included and their place in Turkish law is examined. Keywords: Terrorism, Terrorism, Financing of Terrorism, Legal Source, Illegal Source