TY - EJOU AU - T1 - Culture and Security Relations on the Basis of Hofstede’s Cultural Perspective T2 - Humanities and Social Sciences Letters PY - 2016 VL - 4 IS - 2 SN - 2312-4318 AB - Aim of this paper is to find out answers to the questions; if culture has an effect on security, and the way of relations between personal and national security after 9/11. Hofstede’s cultural perspective is used for the research and individualism-collectivism dimension is applied. Results show that there is a strong relation between culture and security and also there is a transformation in security perception after 9/11, pointing out a direction from personal security to national security. KW - Culture KW - Security KW - Hofstede KW - Individualism-collectivism KW - 9/11 attacks. DO - 10.18488/journal.73/2016.4.2/73.2.54.61