Teknoloji ve ekonomi ilişkisi, insanın doğa karşısında verdiği mücadelenin bir neticesidir. Teknoloji doğası gereği gelişmeyi, ekonomi de ise ilerlemeyi temsil eder. Uygarlık, bu iki temelin üstünde ortaya çıkar. Teknik değişimler, iki yüzü olan etkiler bırakır. Bunlardan ilki, bilim olarak insanın zihinsel yetilerine ihtiyaç duyar. Bu nedenle algılarımızla temas içindedir ve tüm bilimsel üretimlere konu olur. İkinci yüzüyle ilerlemeyi temsil ettiğinden, ekonomik alanda zenginlik sağlar. Her teknik icat, yeni endüstri alanları yaratırken, yeni yaşam tarzları da belirler.

Ekonomiyi faaliyetler alanı şeklinde toparlarsak, teknoloji yapısal bir zemindir. Ekonominin kurumları günümüzde, hiç olmadığı kadar teknolojinin omuzlarına ihtiyaç duymaktadır. Ekonominin küresel etkileşimci karakteri, teknolojiye olan ilgimiz oranında sağlıklı olabilir. Enformasyonel bir dünya, teknolojide geri kalmayı affetmez.

International Security and Terrorism analyses contemporary issues in international orders. This book assesses the terrorist attacks which were organised in African, Asian, European and Middle Eastern countries in detail. Therefore, it provides a comprehensive understanding for academics, practitioners, researchers, students and readers who are interested in international security and terrorism. It utilises data about casualties, attack types and countries that exposed terrorism. The book critically examines terrorism, traditional counter-terrorism tactics, securitisation and the new terrorism. It focuses on religiously-motivated terrorist groups, e.g. al-Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram and al-Shabaab.

Aytaç Kadıoğlu is an assistant professor of politics and international relations at the Middle East Institute, Sakarya University. Kadıoğlu received his BA at Istanbul University, MA in International Relations at the University of Leicester and Ph.D. in International Relations at the University of Nottingham. His expertise includes security studies, conflict resolution, international terrorism and counter-terrorism studies.

The book “Money laundering phenomenon – foundations, trends, impact and governance in banking industry” explores foundation, models (methods) to measure money laundering, trends, auditing Anti-Money Laundering structures in banking industry, AML risk assessment, impact/effects of money laundering, governance, and regulatory point of view.

The book includes some models that have been used to measure the amount of money laundering, respectively the effect of money laundering in various macroeconomic variables such as economic growth, consumption, investment, government expenditure, export and import. Moreover, there are presented some trends that may dominate in the AML field for coming years.

The strengthening of international cooperation in the field of anti-money laundering have given power to international organisations to recommend mitigating measures, standards and principles and applying them in practise, this is why in the book a special chapter is dedicated to international bodies and organisations to fight money laundering phenomenon.

Due to high importance of the AML risk assessment, as a risk management mechanism framework, a specific chapter is dedicated to it.

A special attention is dedicated to the auditing of AML structures in banking and the role of audit in general to AML field.

Last, but not least, in the book a chapter is dedicated to determinants of informal economy, since money laundering and informal economy are interconnected and needs to be studied as one of the challenges for countries.

We believe our book contributes to current literature on money laundering phenomena and that it is important for bankers, policy makers, strategists, academics, and students.