Suç Endeksi publishes province and district level data on homicide and armed assault incidents in Turkey. The indicators are people killed in homicides, homicide cases and armed assaults. Counts are expressed relative to population, and a separate index relative to the national average is calculated for each indicator. Intimate partner and family homicides and femicides are reported as subgroups. The data covers 81 provinces and 973 districts and is updated once a year. The Criminal Law Glossary explains the legal definitions of offences and their penalty ranges under Turkish law.
Project lead
Suç Endeksi is led by Dr. Hüseyin Zeyd Koytak, a sociologist. Koytak completed a PhD in the Department of Sociology at Syracuse University, a BA at Boğaziçi University and an MA at İstanbul Şehir University, and previously served as a visiting faculty member at the University of Mississippi.
Koytak's research focuses on inequality, spatial hierarchies, migration, local politics and computational social science methods. Detailed information on Koytak's academic work and publications is available at koytak.com.
Legal framework
The data published on the site is aggregated at province and district level and contains no personal data. Incident-level records do not hold names, identity numbers, telephone numbers, vehicle registration numbers or full addresses, and links to news reports are not published. In the institutional API, location is given at most at the level of the official neighbourhood name, and dates are given by month. The information in the glossary is general in nature and is not legal advice. The method and validation are explained on the methodology page. Correction requests are considered for the next release.
Contact
For questions, correction requests, institutional data and personal data requests, write to info@sucendeksi.com or use the contact form. The processing of personal data is explained in the privacy notice.