Bitlis

Eastern Anatolia Region · population 360,423

Homicide index · 2025

78.5Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 66th
Compared with Turkey: 21% below
Eastern Anatolia Region: 86.4
Provinces with a population of 250,000–500,000: 93.8
Class: 70–90
2024 index: 60.6 · 77th
2023 index: 68.1 · 74th

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Eastern Anatolia 86 Bitlis 78.5

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

2documented people

2024 · 0 · 0.0 per 100,000

2023 · 1 · 0.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.6

Turkey1.2

index78.5

index 78.5 · 66th

Homicide cases

2documented cases

2024 · 0 · 0.0 per 100,000

2023 · 1 · 0.3 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.6

Turkey1.1

index88

index 88

Armed assault

2documented cases

2024 · 1 · 0.3 per 100,000

2023 · 2 · 0.6 per 100,000

Per 100,0000.6

Turkey1.8

index58

index 58 · 72nd

In Bitlis, homicides per 100,000 people are 21% below the national average and armed assaults are 42% below the national average. The figures are the incidents documented in the press. How to read these figures

Change between years

All provinces and regions

In Bitlis province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 0 in 2024 and 2 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 1 and 2 in the same years. None of these changes goes beyond random year-to-year fluctuation. Over 2023–2025, the average annual fall in the number of people killed is estimated at 7.6%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 02025 2

−9.9%

−39% … +39%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 02025 2

−11.7%

−31% … +17%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 12025 2

−0.9%

−24% … +30%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

Trend · 2023–2025average a year · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2023 12025 2

−7.6%

−25% … +16%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 12025 2

−8.5%

−23% … +11%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 22025 2

−3.4%

−20% … +18%

No clear change

Trend across Turkey

Homicide12-month rolling total

Dec 2023Dec 2025

Homicide cases12-month rolling total

Dec 2023Dec 2025

Armed assault12-month rolling total

Dec 2023Dec 2025

Districts of Bitlis

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202312024020252

Homicide cases

202312024020252

Armed assault

202322024120252

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner0 · 0%

Family member2 · 100%

Acquaintance0 · 0%

Stranger0 · 0%

Not reported0 · 0%

Method

Firearm2 · 100%

Knife or blade0 · 0%

Beating0 · 0%

Other or not reported0 · 0%

0 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death2 · 100%

Injury0 · 0%

Subgroups

Open on the homicide page

Intimate partner and family homicides

2homicides · 100%

Fatal homicide cases in which the offender was the victim’s spouse, former spouse, partner or a family member.

Femicides

0homicides · 0%

Women and girls killed by a spouse, former spouse, partner or family member.

District profiles

Compare

Bitlis and Rizesimilar population · 88.6
Bitlis and Iğdırhighest index in the Eastern Anatolia Region · 157.8
Bitlis and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8