Use of Blockchain Technology in the Financing of DEASH

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Abstract - Technological developments that accelerated in the 21st century, while providing great positive contributions to societies, bring with them some problems. Especially the using of technological opportunities in the crime world is a new threat to public security. DEASH “ad-Dawlah al-Islamiyah fil-Iraq wa ash-Sham” (using term "ISIS" the acronym "Islamic State of Iraq and Sham" is not correct because each terrorist organization is named according to their local language (PKK, ETA, IRA etc.) terrorist organization is actively using financial and visual tools of the Internet for the financing of terrorism in cyberspace. In this study, it is explained how the blockchain technology and Bitcoin used by DEASH terrorist organization have been used in recent years with sample cases.