SOCIAL REFLECTIONS OF CYBER TERRORISM AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE FAMILY: KIRKUK/IRAQ EXAMPLE

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This research examines the results of a survey study conducted to analyze the social repercussions of crimes committed through information technologies and to reveal how these crimes affect family relationships. In the research, a comprehensive scientific method combining theoretical foundations and field analysis was used and the data obtained from Kirkuk province was analyzed by applying a survey technique through a scale prepared by the researchers. The 
results reveal that the family is directly faced with an advanced digital threat and that society needs to provide a multi-level response to this threat, such as awareness, legal protection and education. The research analyzes a modern phenomenon where technology and social security intersect and provides an in-depth sociological approach by analyzing the data obtained through field research using the survey technique. The research also draws attention to the importance of strengthening families in terms of education in order to cope with cyber terrorism danger and draws attention to the importance of national preventive policies based on partnership between state and society to protect the society against the gradual collapse of the social structure through cyber terrorism.