Protecting Critical Information Infrastructures from Cyber Attacks in Turkey: Cybersecurity Versus Internet Freedom?

Abstract

The study introduces Turkey’s cybersecurity environment, main actors, institutions and strategies. The analysis highlights the connection between global trends, the growing regional instability, the Turkish internal political affairs and the development of the Turkish cyber defense capabilities. The paper draws attention to the fact that without proper legal guarantees the development of the states’ cyber defense capabilities can make it easier for authoritarian regimes not just to fight against cybercriminals and cyberterrorists but to silence the political opposition.