Retaliation in international law

The main purpose of this study is to examine the concept of retaliation within the framework of international law. Based on the rules of international law; In historical development, states have the opportunity to apply retaliation methods to protect their social interests and as countermeasures. These methods need to be used within the boundaries of international law so as not to come to war. States have agreements in many fields of social, economic and technological origin of their relations. The retaliation methods used as countermeasures should be considered prudently by taking into account the risk of affecting the agreements based on bilateral relations. Retaliation methods are not limited in number. For this reason, it will be possible to use the behaviors that are not prohibited by international law in retaliation. In this study, international law sanctions are outlined. The retaliation methods, which have been adopted by the states, which are forms of implementation of the retaliation, which is a form of international law sanction, have been examined. Keywords: sanctions in international law, retaliation, compulsive means of war