Rahman ÇAKIR

The phenomenon of violence is a pressure focus that is constantly continuing in daily life and whose shapes are flexible. Children and some people try to communicate, draw attention and impose sanctions in this way. Despite the fact that violence against humanity and human rights violations are seen as a behavior and method, the necessity of increasing the existence of each period and the decline of the practitioners even at children level necessitates working and taking measures. The most important way to reduce violence in the society is to educate children as healthy and as far away from violence as possible. This study focuses on the effects of violence on young people, their ways of learning violence, and the physical violence that aims to cause visible harm to the person with whom they are interacting. The aim is to discuss where and how children learn the physical / verbal violence they apply to solve their problems in the development process and to discuss the ways in which they persuade themselves on the grounds of this behavior and ways of preventing this behavior. In this study, HEGEM (Anti-Violence Foundation) conducted a survey in the central district of Malatya in the 2017-2018 academic year in the second year of secondary school education with 3,533 students. In this study, 27-45 school (inside and around), family and friendship violence questions were used. The data were analyzed and interpreted by SPSS 16.0 package program. The findings are that in Turkey, physical / verbal violence in childhood is first learned from family and friends; it is reinforced by the school environment where physical / verbal violence and criminal behavior is common; witnessing violence fuels similar behaviours; and acts of physical violence can be seen in all segments of the society.

Keywords: Violence, Violent Behavior, High School Students, Youth and Violence