Crime Incident Database for Turkey
- Data years
- 2023–2025
- Coverage
- 81 provinces, 973 districts
- Last updated
- 29 October 2026
Publicly Available Indicators
Methodology- Homicide
- 1,063 documented people, 2025 · 1.2 per 100,000 people Estimated total 2,270 · 1,840–2,7102024 · 1,204 · 1.4 per 100,000 people2023 · 1,276 · 1.5 per 100,000 people
Number of people killed intentionally.
Rates by province - Homicide cases
- 915 documented cases, 2025 · 1.1 per 100,000 people 2024 · 1,042 · 1.2 per 100,000 people2023 · 1,107 · 1.3 per 100,000 people
Number of homicide cases that resulted in death.
Rates by province - Armed assault
- 1,517 documented cases, 2025 · 1.8 per 100,000 people 2024 · 1,534 · 1.8 per 100,000 people2023 · 1,616 · 1.9 per 100,000 people
Number of attacks with a firearm or a knife or blade that resulted in death or injury.
Rates by province
A separate index is calculated for homicide and for armed assault. The index divides a province’s rate per 100,000 people by the national rate; the national average is 100.
Subgroups
- Intimate partner and family homicides
Fatal homicide cases in which the offender was the victim’s spouse, former spouse, partner or a family member.
In the glossary: Law No. 6284 and protective orders
- Femicides
Women and girls killed by a spouse, former spouse, partner or family member.
In the glossary: Femicide
Data access
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Incident records for all offence types are provided at province, district and neighbourhood level under an annual licence and through the API.
Criminal Law Glossary
All entries (37)- Intentional killing (homicide)TCK 81
- Aggravated intentional killingTCK 82
- FemicideTCK 82/1-f
- Unjust provocationTCK 29
- Intentional injuryTCK 86
- Unlicensed firearms and knivesLaw No. 6136, Art. 13
- Pre-trial detention and catalogue offencesCMK 100
- Deferred announcement of the verdict (HAGB)CMK 231
Provinces
- Adana
- Adıyaman
- Afyonkarahisar
- Ağrı
- Aksaray
- Amasya
- Ankara
- Antalya
- Ardahan
- Artvin
- Aydın
- Balıkesir
- Bartın
- Batman
- Bayburt
- Bilecik
- Bingöl
- Bitlis
- Bolu
- Burdur
- Bursa
- Çanakkale
- Çankırı
- Çorum
- Denizli
- Diyarbakır
- Düzce
- Edirne
- Elazığ
- Erzincan
- Erzurum
- Eskişehir
- Gaziantep
- Giresun
- Gümüşhane
- Hakkari
- Hatay
- Iğdır
- Isparta
- İstanbul
- İzmir
- Kahramanmaraş
- Karabük
- Karaman
- Kars
- Kastamonu
- Kayseri
- Kırıkkale
- Kırklareli
- Kırşehir
- Kilis
- Kocaeli
- Konya
- Kütahya
- Malatya
- Manisa
- Mardin
- Mersin
- Muğla
- Muş
- Nevşehir
- Niğde
- Ordu
- Osmaniye
- Rize
- Sakarya
- Samsun
- Siirt
- Sinop
- Sivas
- Şanlıurfa
- Şırnak
- Tekirdağ
- Tokat
- Trabzon
- Tunceli
- Uşak
- Van
- Yalova
- Yozgat
- Zonguldak
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