The Absolute and Relative Crimes of Terrorism according to the Turkish Counter Terrorism Law

The phenomenon of terrorism is known as a concept which is hardly defined in the national and international contexts. We come across with this difficulty in defining by laws the terrorist association, the acts which create the crime of terrorist association and the crimes of terrorism. In this study, the concept of the crime of terrorism as defined in the framework of Turkish Counter Terrorism Law is mentioned as the absolute crimes of terrorism and the relative crimes of terrorism. The first part of this study deals with the concept of the crime of terrorism and a general approach to the differences between the absolute crimes of terrorism and the relative crimes of terrorism. In the second part of this study, the absolute crimes of terrorism in the Turkish Penal Code - Disrupting the Unity and Integrity of the State, Destruction of Military Facilities and Conspiracy which Benefits Enemy Military Movements, Violation of the Constitution, Offences against the Legislative Body, Offences against the Government, Armed Revolt against the Government of Turkish Republic, Armed Organisation, Supplying Arms, Enlistment of Soldiers in Foreign Service, Assasionation of the President and the crime of terrorist organization- are examined according to the Turkish Counter Terrorism Law. The conceptual and legal framework of the relative crimes of terrorism is mentioned in the last part of the study