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Resilient non-radicalisers: beating the odds through non-radicalisation despite significant suffering

Kamil Yilmaz Orcid Logo, M. Alper Sozer, Niyazi Ekici Orcid Logo, Joe Whittaker Orcid Logo

Critical Studies on Terrorism

Swansea University Authors: Kamil Yilmaz Orcid Logo, Joe Whittaker Orcid Logo

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This study explores how and why some individuals are resilient to radicalization by focusing on individuals who were labelled ‘terrorists’ for their alleged involvement or support for an attempted coup that took place in Turkey on July 15, 2016, yet who have shown no sign of violent radicalisation s...

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Published in: Critical Studies on Terrorism
ISSN: 1753-9153 1753-9161
Published: Taylor and Francis 2024
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67188
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Abstract: This study explores how and why some individuals are resilient to radicalization by focusing on individuals who were labelled ‘terrorists’ for their alleged involvement or support for an attempted coup that took place in Turkey on July 15, 2016, yet who have shown no sign of violent radicalisation since. Drawing from 15 interviews, it assesses both the potential radicalisation risk factors that the participants display, such as political persecution, imprisonment, torture, social pressure and forced migration. Then it explores participants’ explanation for why they have not become radicalized, including the role of the Hizmet doctrine, their religious adherence, individual personality traits and resources (e.g., social capital) through a socioecological framework. While terrorism studies have focused extensively on pathways towards radicalisation and countering radicalisation, this study contributes to a small body of research to explore the notion of “non-radicalisation”, informing the literature on resilience and protective factors towards larger populations.
Keywords: Non-radicalization, socioecological, Gulen Movement, inoculation, terrorism, social capital
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Funders: The authors would like to thank Professor Stuart MacDonald, Professor Maura Conway, Dr. Kris Stoddart, Dr. Katy Vaughan, Dr. Sara Correia and Sean McCafferty for their invaluable feedback and suggestions on the draft of this manuscript. The authors are also grateful for the support provided by Swansea University’s Legal Innovation Lab Wales (which is partfunded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government).