since more than 50 years, Turkey has been the permanent victim of multi-motivated terrorist acts. In recent years, there has been a rise in religious terrorism. More than ten terrorist organisations, based on religious ideology, are organised on Turkish territory with the aim of changing the political system and establishing an Islamic State. In this research we examined the case of Turkish Hizbullah, as the largest and most violent religious terrorist organisation in Turkey. The study first explored Hizbullah’s recruitment methods, then the profiles of Hizbullah’s activists and finally the individual motivations and factors that underlie religious radicalisation in Turkey. To this end, quantitative and qualitative examination of original data fills the main gaps in research on religious terrorism and provides guidance for future criminal research and preventive security policies. In this study, we used two main sources to examine and understand the recruitment, profiles and motivations of Hizbullah members: activist orphanages themselves and semi-structured interviews with religious terrorists specialised in terrorism, as well as members of Islamic worship, who have experience in regions where Hizbullah was active. This research aims to make a significant contribution to understanding the individual motivations of Hizbullah activists, identifying the characteristics of the members, and defining the organisation’s recruitment methods. It also offers a lot of information to security organisations in the fight against terrorism.