Awareness for cyber space

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Situation in Turkey

Turkey has been exposed to many cyber attacks in the country and abroad in recent years. Anonymous, an international hacking group, has carried out attacks especially on public web pages in Turkey. The attacks generally occurred as a denial of service (DDos: Distributed Denial of Service). While these attacks contain political tendencies, they prevent the use of various citizenship services and cause disruptions in the daily life of individuals.



There are attacks against both the private sector and the public, and the services of institutions are interrupted. In attacks on banks, electronic commerce systems are damaged, individuals cannot shop over the internet and POS devices of stores become inoperable. Again, on March 31, 2015, there was a long-term power outage in Turkey and the reason for the interruption has not been fully clarified yet. This situation strengthens the possibility that the interruption occurred as a result of a cyber attack. Another problem faced in cyber attacks is terrorist propaganda. As a matter of fact, hackers who carry out the cyber attack sometimes make propaganda of a terrorist organization, especially through their web pages, they can convey this propaganda to large masses.



This situation in Turkey has necessarily led to the formation of cyber security awareness. As a matter of fact, these cyber-attacks necessitated taking necessary precautions and initiating initiatives in both the public and private sectors for the realization of cyber security.

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