Özet:

Suicide attacks, war and conflict areas have become a terrorist method that is widely used worldwide. One of the areas where this method is used has been the Russian Federation (RF) for many years. The aim of this study is to contribute to the Turkish academic paper on suicide attacks and the Chechnya suicide activists, because the research has shown that Turkish resources are very limited on suicide attacks, and there is no Turkish scientific study on suicide actions organized by the Chechens in the RF. This work will be a significant contribution to Turkish literature. In the study, the question "why people become a live bomb" is the main research question. The investigation of the live bomb operations of the Chechens in Russia will then be carried out and the reasons and conditions that push the Chechens to become a live bomb will be explained. In this framework, the concepts in the literature will be determined in which points the Czech case coincides and in which points it is divided.

Özet:

Suicide attacks are widely applied terror method all around the world primarily in the war and conflict zones. Russian Federation, where Chechen Independence Struggle happens for years, is one of the countries in which this method is applied. This study aims to contribute to Turkish literature with regard to suicide attacks and Chechen suicide bombers. In previous studies, it is understood that there is limited Turkish research on suicide attacks. Furthermore, there has been no academic research in Turkish about suicide bomb attacks erupting in Russia conducted by Chechens. For these reasons, this research will contribute to Turkish literature. “Why people become suicide bomber” is the central question in this research. Then, the suicide attacks perpetrated by Chechens and the factors behind it will causally be examined and explained. Therefore, how the concepts in the literature overlap and diverge from the Chechen case in the conceptual framework will be surfaced.

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