Violence is a word that has been translated into Turkish from Arabic; It comes from the root "şdd" which means hardness, stiffness, difficulty. The use of the term "violence" in English dates from the 20th century. It was defined in the 1901 Kamûs-ı Türkî as "hardness, hard, rigid behavior, brute force". Violence, which is translated into western languages such as French and English from Violentia, which means harsh or brutal personality in Latin, is to do or make something unwanted by applying force or pressure to a person; It is defined as coercion, assault, brute force, bodily or psychological suffering and injury.
Today, the word violence is used in Turkish to mean "the strength, intensity, hardness, intensity of a phenomenon" and "brute force". While defining violence in this second sense, in the past only physical acts intended to cause harm were included in the definition; Over time, the psychological and sexual acts of the perpetrator aimed at harming and putting pressure are also included in the definition. Since violence is a subject that has been dealt with by different disciplines and it is a phenomenon that changes according to time and society, there is no widely accepted definition of what it is. A definition that encompasses both physical and psychological suffering is made as: "the damage inflicted by any individual, group or organization against the physical and moral integrity, property, cultural or symbolic values of a person or community".
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence as: “Violence; Intentionally using physical pressure or force, threatening or acting against himself, someone else, a group or society, causing injury, death, psychological harm, developmental disorder or deprivation, or increasing the likelihood of these situations. "
