Issue Statement: Terrorism today differs from the past in terms of goals and motivations. Committing terrorism with ideological motivations or backgrounds is one of the ways this crime occurs. This type of terrorism has legal dimensions concerning the accountability of the perpetrators and their trial and punishment, as well as extralegal dimensions such as its psychological analysis. Key issues for criminologists and psychologists to consider include examining the impact of various psychological structures (neurosis, psychosis, and psychopathy) on the commission of this crime and whether having a specific psychological structure can be the primary driver of its commission.

Research Objective: The aim of this study is to answer the question of what factors are influential in the occurrence of ideological terrorist crimes and what methods can be employed to combat them through the lens of psychological mechanisms, as well as to elucidate the relationship between mental health issues and criminal behavior, which recent findings have highlighted in relation to these crimes and their perpetrators.

Research Method: The research method is descriptive-analytical, in which the psychological analysis of this crime, its concept and characteristics, the definition of different psychological structures from a psychological perspective, the key variables influencing its commission, and the responses to ideological terrorism in the light of psychological analysis are studied.

Research Findings: Through this research, ideology plays the role of a catalyst in the commission of this crime but is never the ultimate cause, as the necessary psychological readiness (mental health issues) must be present to facilitate its commission. Therefore, patterns of coping with it can be defined and implemented based on psychological mechanisms.