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The end of the Cold War has led to some changes in the sense of security and the concept of war. The most fundamental feature of this radical change in the form of war is that the countries are directing the course of conflict through their backdrop representatives. Furthermore, the countries with this new form of war runs around the rules of international law and eliminate the expenses brought by the war from the pressure of the internal public. This situation has made the warfare, which is considered as a new generation of warfare, a concept that is now interested and discussed by security experts and researchers. We can define warfare as a method of fighting with the enemy in a third country, usually using local actors, in order to the objectives of the states in the most general definition. In particular, after the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, global forces went on to use private military companies instead of using their armed forces to their economic and political purposes. Though these special military forces used in the Middle East and Arab geography are a relatively new phenomenon, they are often active in armed conflicts both international and non-international. In this context, the study examines the identification, classification and general characteristics of private military companies as a means of the warfare that the states use today to their foreign policy objectives. The purpose of this study is to identify the identity and quality of research. The method of study is the visual research methods, historical research methods and document-based data analysis.

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