Hakan Gündüz: "Rising Crime Rates Not Just a Result of Inflation"

Gündüz emphasized that situations directly related to crime, such as the uncontrolled flow of black money, unplanned and haphazard transfers of land ownership, all kinds of illegal transactions, and changes in demographic structure, are prevalent. He also pointed out that as poverty increases, there is a surge in crime rates.

"WHEN THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE DETERIORATES, UNEXPECTED NEGATIVITIES OCCUR"

Gündüz reminded that the economy is both the foundation and necessity of societies, and that it is the state mechanism that ensures the necessary order. He stated that when the economic structure deteriorates, unexpected negativities also appear in the social structure.

Since the establishment of financial markets and the current global economic order, inflation has been a major issue in fragile economies, Gündüz noted. He stressed that as long as inflation persists, anomalies within the social structure will continue to increase. He identified the rise in crime rates as a social anomaly, highlighting that as the economic environment worsens, an increase in crime rates is to be expected. "However, this applies to countries that have succeeded in becoming a society and a state," he added.

Gündüz underlined that it would be naive to attribute the increase in crime rates in the TRNC solely to inflation, pointing out that there are dozens of more influential reasons that contribute to the rise in crime rates before even considering inflation and the economic structure.

MAIN REASONS BEHIND THE INCREASE IN CRIME RATES...

Sociologist Hakan Gündüz outlined the main reasons behind the rise in crime rates as follows:

"The failure of production conditions, the significant waste of resources due to gross incompetence, corruption and theft at unprecedented levels, the normalization of lawlessness and injustice, uncontrolled flow of black money, unplanned and uncoordinated transfers of land ownership, all kinds of illegal transactions, and the astonishingly permitted changes in demographic structure are all directly related to the increase in crime rates in our country.

To say that there is an increase in crime rates due to inflation alone would be an incorrect approach. If poverty also increases, crime rates will explode..."