Avcı, SencerhanCivelek, Mustafa Emre2018-01-162018-01-1620172149-9748https://hdl.handle.net/11467/1777The aim of this article is to discuss and examine the legal dimension of aircraft hijacking crime from international agreements and Turkish legal system aspect. The fact that there are gaps in security procedures of countries and the punishments not being deterrent in aircraft hijacking acts; affect many people, regions, and countries. Increasing terrorist acts in the last years; acts like aircraft hijacking by terrorist groups make it necessary to review universal rules, penal sanctions, and security procedures. This study mentions the problems created by the association of aircraft hijacking crime with political events. As a solution, it suggests imposing sanctions on countries that make this association and making it compulsory to have police in planes.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAircraft HijackingTurkish Judicial SystemArticle325864