Coskun Tastan
I completed my major in sociology with a minor in philosophy at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Subsequently, I pursued and successfully earned both my master's and PhD degrees from the same department. Additionally, I had the privilege of holding a prestigious two-year visiting scholar position at Harvard University.
Presently, I hold dual administrative roles: I am the head of the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Domestic Security and the director of the Graduate School of Forensic Sciences at the Turkish National Police Academy. In addition to my administrative roles, I have been actively involved in teaching various courses, such as Criminology, Methods of Scientific Research, Analytical Thinking and Decision Making, Theories of Crime, and Crime Prediction with Machine Learning.
My academic focus revolves around Lacan's psychoanalytic theory. I take pride in having authored a two-volume work on the earliest history of psychoanalysis in Turkey, which has garnered awards. This comprehensive work involved transliterations from Ottoman Turkish into modern Turkish, encompassing the oldest pieces dating back to 1917 on Freud and psychoanalysis.
My research interests span the domains of xenophobia, subjectivity, and immigration. More recently, my primary focus has shifted towards addressing the femicide problem in Turkey. Over the past few years, I have developed a keen interest in machine learning and predictive forensic social sciences. Notably, I have recently created a predictive model based on machine learning to aid decision-makers in their efforts against femicide. The model has been accepted and approved by state authorities, is currently undergoing testing as of January 2024, and is scheduled for installation across all relevant law enforcement units nationwide.
I firmly believe in the transformative power of reason, intellect, and logic. When combined with passion, courage, and heartfelt dedication, these qualities collectively define the essence of science.
Presently, I hold dual administrative roles: I am the head of the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Domestic Security and the director of the Graduate School of Forensic Sciences at the Turkish National Police Academy. In addition to my administrative roles, I have been actively involved in teaching various courses, such as Criminology, Methods of Scientific Research, Analytical Thinking and Decision Making, Theories of Crime, and Crime Prediction with Machine Learning.
My academic focus revolves around Lacan's psychoanalytic theory. I take pride in having authored a two-volume work on the earliest history of psychoanalysis in Turkey, which has garnered awards. This comprehensive work involved transliterations from Ottoman Turkish into modern Turkish, encompassing the oldest pieces dating back to 1917 on Freud and psychoanalysis.
My research interests span the domains of xenophobia, subjectivity, and immigration. More recently, my primary focus has shifted towards addressing the femicide problem in Turkey. Over the past few years, I have developed a keen interest in machine learning and predictive forensic social sciences. Notably, I have recently created a predictive model based on machine learning to aid decision-makers in their efforts against femicide. The model has been accepted and approved by state authorities, is currently undergoing testing as of January 2024, and is scheduled for installation across all relevant law enforcement units nationwide.
I firmly believe in the transformative power of reason, intellect, and logic. When combined with passion, courage, and heartfelt dedication, these qualities collectively define the essence of science.
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Adli sosyal bilimler ile önleyici kriminalistiğin kesişim noktasında yer alan elinizdeki bu çalışmanın, kadına yönelik şiddetle mücadeleye sunacağı katkılara ek olarak, Türkiye’de bu yeni disipline ilginin artmasına aracı olma- sını ve bu alandaki çalışmalara ilham kaynağı teşkil etmesini dilerim.
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Some practical needs in the practices of combating violence against women is the starting point for this work, but from the theoretical standpoint, it can also be regarded as a sign of innovations in the field. It is a product of the studies carried out within the "Criminalistics Research and Application Center (CRAC)" of the Institute of Forensic Sciences of the Turkish National Police Academy. For the last few years, CRAC allocated part of its interest in the works that are often associated with "preventive criminalistics", the sub-field of "preventive forensic science", which has emerged as a field open to further developments. There is a vast room in that field for the social sciences, i.e., "forensic social sciences", which is rarely taken into consideration at first sight.
Right at this point, there is a need for a definition for an emerging discipline (preventive criminalistics), that is now getting an increasing global attention but has not yet reached the degree it deserves: Preventive criminalistics is the discipline that makes predictions about the conditions of occurrence of crime, where the crime has not yet occurred, by making use of natural sciences and social sciences. It is a new discipline consisting of important scientific activities such as making classifications and predictions with data and suggesting measures. Developments in artificial intelligence, augmented reality and data science boost the accuracy of prediction and classification algorithms day by day and all these make preventive criminalistics a strong methodology in protective policing.
This is where this study is located: The square where forensic social sciences and preventive criminalistics meet. So, I hope, in addition to its contributions to fight violence against women (which is of course the first aim), this study will hopefully be instrumental in boosting the interest in this new discipline and be a source of inspiration for studies in the area.
Polis Akademisi Başkanlığı Göç ve Sınır Güvenliği Araştırma Merkezi (GÖÇMER) tarafından hazırlanan ‘Göç ve Uyum’ başlıklı bu eser; özellikle Suriyeli sığınmacı akını gibi kitlesel göçler karşısında uyum konusunda karşılaşılan sorunlar ile eğitim, günlük yaşam, yasal düzenlemeler, göç politikaları ve uygulamaları konularında tespitleri ve önerileri içermektedir.
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RESEARCH REPORTS by Coskun Tastan
an important matter. There are many risks associated with being uneducated. First of all, the uneducated ones lose their hopes and are forced to work at low-paying jobs as they lack the necessary knowledge and skills. What follows is the risk of marginalization, ghettoization and radicalization. Access to quality education will help Syrians overcome psycho-social issues caused by war, violence and relocation and will contribute to the normalization of the individuals and the society.
This report is based upon a research carried out in 9 cities in Turkey between March-August 2017. 60 interviews and 15 focus group were conducted as part of the research. The report presents some important facts and figures of Syrians in Turkey and focuses on the reasons behind the low schooling rate among Syrian children aged 6-18. In addition, it sheds light on the problems Syrian children face at school and brings forth some recommendations to overcome those problems.
Papers by Coskun Tastan
Adli sosyal bilimler ile önleyici kriminalistiğin kesişim noktasında yer alan elinizdeki bu çalışmanın, kadına yönelik şiddetle mücadeleye sunacağı katkılara ek olarak, Türkiye’de bu yeni disipline ilginin artmasına aracı olma- sını ve bu alandaki çalışmalara ilham kaynağı teşkil etmesini dilerim.
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Some practical needs in the practices of combating violence against women is the starting point for this work, but from the theoretical standpoint, it can also be regarded as a sign of innovations in the field. It is a product of the studies carried out within the "Criminalistics Research and Application Center (CRAC)" of the Institute of Forensic Sciences of the Turkish National Police Academy. For the last few years, CRAC allocated part of its interest in the works that are often associated with "preventive criminalistics", the sub-field of "preventive forensic science", which has emerged as a field open to further developments. There is a vast room in that field for the social sciences, i.e., "forensic social sciences", which is rarely taken into consideration at first sight.
Right at this point, there is a need for a definition for an emerging discipline (preventive criminalistics), that is now getting an increasing global attention but has not yet reached the degree it deserves: Preventive criminalistics is the discipline that makes predictions about the conditions of occurrence of crime, where the crime has not yet occurred, by making use of natural sciences and social sciences. It is a new discipline consisting of important scientific activities such as making classifications and predictions with data and suggesting measures. Developments in artificial intelligence, augmented reality and data science boost the accuracy of prediction and classification algorithms day by day and all these make preventive criminalistics a strong methodology in protective policing.
This is where this study is located: The square where forensic social sciences and preventive criminalistics meet. So, I hope, in addition to its contributions to fight violence against women (which is of course the first aim), this study will hopefully be instrumental in boosting the interest in this new discipline and be a source of inspiration for studies in the area.
Polis Akademisi Başkanlığı Göç ve Sınır Güvenliği Araştırma Merkezi (GÖÇMER) tarafından hazırlanan ‘Göç ve Uyum’ başlıklı bu eser; özellikle Suriyeli sığınmacı akını gibi kitlesel göçler karşısında uyum konusunda karşılaşılan sorunlar ile eğitim, günlük yaşam, yasal düzenlemeler, göç politikaları ve uygulamaları konularında tespitleri ve önerileri içermektedir.
an important matter. There are many risks associated with being uneducated. First of all, the uneducated ones lose their hopes and are forced to work at low-paying jobs as they lack the necessary knowledge and skills. What follows is the risk of marginalization, ghettoization and radicalization. Access to quality education will help Syrians overcome psycho-social issues caused by war, violence and relocation and will contribute to the normalization of the individuals and the society.
This report is based upon a research carried out in 9 cities in Turkey between March-August 2017. 60 interviews and 15 focus group were conducted as part of the research. The report presents some important facts and figures of Syrians in Turkey and focuses on the reasons behind the low schooling rate among Syrian children aged 6-18. In addition, it sheds light on the problems Syrian children face at school and brings forth some recommendations to overcome those problems.
Merkezi (GÖÇMER) tarafından 11-13 Kasım
2016 tarihlerinde Antalya’da, “Kitlesel
Göçler ve Kent” konulu I. Uluslararası Göç
ve Güvenlik konulu konferans gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu rapor, konferansta sunulan bildirilerden derlenmiştir.
Journal of Youth Research, Issue 10, December 2016.
• Over the past fifty years, two thirds of the world population has migrated from rural to urban spaces. The projections indicate that this tendency will gradually increase and by 2050 60 percent of the world population will be living in urban settings.
• In 2016, the global refugee population reached 65.5 million. If refugees formed a new country, it would be the 21st largest state in the world according to population size.
• The global tendency of migrating from rural to urban spaces necessitates thorough atten- tion. The first international migration and security conference entitled “Immigrant Influx and the City”, organized by CRIBS in 2016, aimed to fill a major gap in this context. A series of conferences with various themes that will address the issue are also planned for following years.
• In the presentations made as part of the conference, it was underscored that overlooking immigrants in urban planning processes is a significant global-level shortcoming. For instance, it was highlighted in one of the presentations that Pakistan has a number of urban planning practices embedded with covert discriminatory dimensions particularly against poor and female immigrants.
• In Turkey, the population of Syrians under temporary protection reached 2.801.586 as of December 15, 2016. Among this population, 258.571 people take shelter in Temporary Refugee Centers (TRCs) (not to say camps) while the rest reside in spaces outside of camps using their own means.
• If all Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey gathered in one city, it would be the 4th largest city in the country.
• According to four different scenarios developed as part of the projections made about Syrian population in Turkey, the population of Syrians under temporary protection will be between 2.4 and 3.7 million by the 2025.
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Mass Immigration and Syrians in Turkey
• In Turkey, the influence of Syrians under temporary protection on the country's economy is significant. Their influence on the Turkish economy was also one of the topics discussed in the conference. According to the presentations made as part of the conference, the primary effects were determined as follows:
• Positive effects:
• Evaluating the impact that Syrians under temporary protection' have on the country's economy by looking solely at the negative effects would make for an incomplete assess- ment. Consequently, while making evaluations regarding this issue, the contributions Syrians make to the local economies with the assets they hold must also be taken into account.
• The extensive aid provided in border regions of Turkey has created economic mobility for local companies (the local production rates have increased particularly in the textile and food sectors.).
• A growing mobility has been observed in the real estate market.
• Negative effects:
• Rents prices have increased.
• Unfair competition has been observed in the labor market. The manpower (particu- larly in agriculture and unskilled labor) has become cheaper by falling below the national average.
• The province-based inflation has climbed above the national average in a number of provinces including Kilis, Gaziantep and Hatay, where Syrians under temporary pro- tection are densely populated.
• Unrecorded economic activities, tax loss and tax fraud have increased.
• It was highlighted throughout the conference that the economic impacts of the the mass migration movements in the context of Syrians under temporary protection should not only be considered in terms of security, but also approached with an aim to provide effective manage- ment.
• A number of presentations made within the conference were about the education of mass migrants. Considering that the influx of Syrian immigrants to Turkey constitutes one of the largest mass migration movements in recent years, the education of Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey stood out as one of the main themes touched upon in the presentations.
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Mass Immigration and Syrians in Turkey
• The topics highlighted in the presentations about the education of Syrians under tempo- rary protection in Turkey include:
• Among nearly three million Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey, the pop- ulation of school-age children is around 900.000.
• Asserting that “all Syrians in Turkey will be educated” is a baseless approach. Despite all the endeavors, a large number of Syrians under temporary protection will not be incorporated into the education system.
• Prior to 2014, it was suggested that Syrians should be educated in accordance with their own curricula with the assumption that Syrians under temporary protection would soon return to their country. However, as a result of the realization that Syrians would not be returning to their country in the short-term, in 2014, a Turkish educational cur- riculum was designed for Syrians.
• By 2016, Turkey had already spent $3 billion for the education of Syrians under temporary protection.
• When the education of Syrians under temporary protection is considered in terms of allocated resources, it can be seen that the local administrations aid Syrians not only with regard to education but also in terms of meeting their basic needs such as housing, food and health care.
• A total of 19.200 teacher candidates among temporarily protected Syrians were pro- vided with in-service training. The trained candidates are now ready to start working as professional teachers.
• The following points were highlighted in the presentations on mass migration and hous- ing:
• Towards the end of 2016, a total of 258.571 Syrians under temporary protection were taking shelter in 25 Temporary Refugee Centers located in 10 provinces across Turkey. • The cost of Temporary Refugee Centers based in Turkey is considerably high. Thanks to the modern facilities in the centers all kinds of basic necessities of Syrians under tem- porary protection are met.
• Administered by Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (DEMP), the Temporary Refugee Centers are globally acclaimed.
• Based on the observations, Syrians under temporary protection who live outside the Temporary Refugee Centers (camps) encounter serious problems with regard to accom- modation.
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Mass Immigration and Syrians in Turkey
• Living especially in slum areas or in city’s decrepit neighborhoods, Syrians under temporary protection take shelter in buildings with poor material conditions. This situ- ation can cause health problems along with serious societal problems.
• Syrians' need for shelter has caused housing rents to rise in certain provinces such as Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa and Kilis.
• In the presentations made on the topic of mass migration and urban security, the fol- lowing subjects were highlighted:
• Mass migration can lead to an increase in xenophobia and hate crimes.
• The social and psychological relations between the host country and migrants must be closely followed and required measures must be taken to ensure coexistence in har- mony.
• Although the issue of urban security is already on the agenda regardless of mass mi- gration, the Syrian influx in Turkey has rendered the issue even more crucial. Concerns about urban housing and security, have led to an increase in high-security gated com- munities, which is being shaped by the discourses developed around Syrians' need for shelter.
• Aghettoisanurbanspacepredominantlypopulatedbymembersofaminoritygroup. Ghettoization directly affects urban security. Formed in the outskirts of cities, these spaces constitute a threat to the security of cities. The isolation of immigrants from the rest of society obstructs their integration into the host country. Various offenses includ- ing forgery, smuggling and drug trafficking are prevalent in ghettos. Ghettoization is also a major impediment to adopting an urban identity.
• Immigrants' acting according to their own accord instead of complying with urban and social life could lead to threats against national security in the medium and long term.
• Mass migration leads to threats against border security.
• Human trafficking activities rise as a result of mass migration.
• The mass migration experience in the context of the Syrian case is an example of failure for the United Nations (UN). As a transit country, Turkey was confronted with the migrant crisis as a result of this failure. However, this crisis is as a matter of global concern. The whole world is both responsible for and vulnerable to the crisis. Therefore, all countries across the world should contribute to resolving the problem that is partic- ularly visible in countries of transit like Turkey.
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Mass Immigration and Syrians in Turkey
• The first wave of Syrian refugees arriving in Turkey scrambled for a living under harsh circumstances. Yet, the living conditions of refugees in Turkey have been en- hanced as a result of the policies introduced throughout the process. However, long- term and far-reaching policies are still required in Turkey for the integration of Syrian refugees into society.
• The organized crime networks active in Turkey can easily deceive Syrian refugees, who form the most vulnerable segment of society. Consequently, Turkey could con- front the danger of an ethnic shift in terms of perpetrators of crime (both in offenders and injured parties) in the short term. For this reason, immediate measures are required.
• Following projects such as refugee centers and special education facilities designed for Syrian refugees, Turkey should develop more projects not only for Syrians but for all segments of society in order to facilitate the integration of Syrian refugees into social life.
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