RUSYA FEDERASYONU’NUN AMERİKA BİRLEŞİK DEVLETLERİ 2016 BAŞKANLIK SEÇİMLERİNE YÖNELİK MANİPÜLASYONUNUN İSTİHBARAT TEKNİKLERİ KAPSAMINDA ANALİZİ

Year 2019, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 133 - 150, 13.05.2019

Ali Burak Darıcılı

https://doi.org/10.28956/gbd.562983

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Rusya
Federasyonu (RF)’nun Amerika Birleşik Devletleri (ABD)’nde 2016 Kasım ayında
yapılan başkanlık seçim sürecine yönelik manipülasyonları, RF’nin siber
espiyonaj, ABD’nin ise kontr/espiyonaj kapasiteleri kapsamında incelenmektedir.
RF, söz konusu seçim sürecine askerî istihbarat servisi olan GRU (Glavnoye
Razvedyvatel’noye Upravleniye / Ana Askerî İstihbarat Servisi)’nun son yıllarda
giderek sofistike hale gelen siber espiyonaj imkân ve kabiliyetleri dâhilinde
manipüle etmeyi bir ölçüde de olsa başarmıştır. Bu müdahale sürecini ABD
kontr/espiyonaj kapasitesi ve bu kapasiteyi oluşturan temel istihbarat servisi
olan FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation / Federal
Araştırma Bürosu) zamanında deşifre edememiş ve bu çerçevede hasım bir devletin
ülkesine yönelik istihbari faaliyetine karşı koymada başarısız olmuştur.
GRU’nun ABD Başkanlık seçimlerine yönelik manipülasyonları Donald Trump’ın ABD Başkanı
olması akabinde ise anılanı siyasi açıdan baskı altına almak amacıyla Trump’a
muhalif çevrelerce sürekli olarak gündemde tutulmaya başlanmıştır. Bu kapsamda
da GRU’nun söz konusu istihbari faaliyetleri ABD’nin ilgili resmî istihbarat
yapılanmaları tarafından detaylarıyla ortaya konulmuştur. Bu detayların analizi
ise ABD’nin FBI önderliğinde koordine edilen kontr/espiyonaj sistematiğindeki
zafiyetlerin anlaşılmasının yanı sıra RF’nin GRU tarafından domine edilen siber
espiyonaj kabiliyetlerini ortaya koymak bakımından önemli hale gelmiştir.

Keywords

RF, ABD, Başkanlık Seçimleri, GRU, FBI

ANALYSIS OF MANIPULATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITHIN THE SCOPE OF INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES

Abstract

In this study, the
manipulations of the Russian Federation (RF) in the presidential election
process held in the United States of America (the US) in 2016 November are
examined within the scope of RF's cyber espionage and US' counter-espionage capacities. RF has managed to manipulate the election process with the
cyber espionage capabilities of the military intelligence service GRU (Glavnoye
Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye/Main Intelligence Directorate), which has become
increasingly sophisticated in recent years. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), which is the USA's
counter/espionage capacity and the main intelligence service establishing this
capacity, could not uncover this intervention process and within this framework
failed to resist against the intelligence activities of a hostile country aimed
at its own country. The manipulation of GRU in the US presidential elections
has been constantly brought into question by the opponents of Donald Trump in
order to create political oppression against him following his election as the
President of the US. In this context, the intelligence activities of GRU have
been revealed in detail by the relevant official intelligence services of the
US. The analysis of these details has become important in terms of
understanding the weaknesses in the counter-espionage system of the US
coordinated under the leadership of the FBI, as well as the RF's cyber
espionage capabilities dominated by the GRU.

Keywords

RF, The US, Presidential Elections, GRU, FBI

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