| Characteristics | Candidate Terrorists | Convicted Terrorists |
| Male (%) | 7 | 83 |
| Turk (%) | 51 | 88 |
| Alevi (%) | 92 | 81 |
| Never married (%) | 88 | 67 |
| Mobility (%) | 60 | 79 |
| Education (%) |
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| Primary and less | 13 | 41 |
| Secondary and high | 55 | 51 |
| University and upper | 31 | 9 |
| Job status (%) |
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| Full-time or part-time | 13 | 51 |
| Temporarily not working | 30 | 17 |
| Unemployed | 51 | 17 |
| Other | 5 | 15 |
| Type of job doing (%) |
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| Physical/labor | 69 | 82 |
| Office work | 31 | 18 |