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Diyarbakır

Southeastern Anatolia Region · population 1,852,356
Homicide index · 2025
154.1Turkey
= 100
Among 81 provinces
6th
Compared with Turkey
54% above
Southeastern Anatolia Region
119.0
Provinces with a population of 1–2 million
102.7
Class
140 and over
2024 index
145.4 · 6th
2023 index
181.2 · 1st

Indicators · 2025

39documented people
2024 · 41 · 2.2 per 100,000
2023 · 56 · 3.1 per 100,000
Per 100,0002.1
Turkey1.2
index154.1
Homicide cases
33documented cases
2024 · 36 · 2.0 per 100,000
2023 · 34 · 1.9 per 100,000
Per 100,0001.8
Turkey1.1
index143
39documented cases
2024 · 48 · 2.6 per 100,000
2023 · 51 · 2.8 per 100,000
Per 100,0002.1
Turkey1.8
index117

In Diyarbakır, homicides per 100,000 people are 54% above the national average and armed assaults are 17% above 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 Diyarbakır province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 41 in 2024 and 39 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 48 and 39 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 10.8%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval
Homicide · documented people
2024 412025 39
−10.3%
−33% … +22%
No clear change
Homicide cases · documented cases
2024 362025 33
−12.1%
−29% … +10%
No clear change
Armed assault · documented cases
2024 482025 39
−5.5%
−26% … +14%
No clear change
Change across Turkey
Trend · 2023–2025average a year · 95% interval
Homicide · documented people
2023 562025 39
−10.8%
−26% … +5%
No clear change
Homicide cases · documented cases
2023 342025 33
−7.5%
−19% … +7%
No clear change
Armed assault · documented cases
2023 512025 39
−7.3%
−20% … +5%
No clear change
Trend across Turkey
Homicide12-month rolling total
Dec 2023: 56Jan 2024: 58Feb 2024: 60Mar 2024: 62Apr 2024: 59May 2024: 60Jun 2024: 39Jul 2024: 42Aug 2024: 45Sep 2024: 43Oct 2024: 45Nov 2024: 41Dec 2024: 41Jan 2025: 40Feb 2025: 40Mar 2025: 42Apr 2025: 41May 2025: 40Jun 2025: 43Jul 2025: 40Aug 2025: 38Sep 2025: 35Oct 2025: 32Nov 2025: 37Dec 2025: 395639
Dec 2023Dec 2025
Homicide cases12-month rolling total
Dec 2023: 34Jan 2024: 36Feb 2024: 38Mar 2024: 41Apr 2024: 39May 2024: 40Jun 2024: 36Jul 2024: 37Aug 2024: 39Sep 2024: 38Oct 2024: 40Nov 2024: 36Dec 2024: 36Jan 2025: 35Feb 2025: 34Mar 2025: 34Apr 2025: 34May 2025: 32Jun 2025: 35Jul 2025: 34Aug 2025: 32Sep 2025: 30Oct 2025: 27Nov 2025: 32Dec 2025: 333433
Dec 2023Dec 2025
Armed assault12-month rolling total
Dec 2023: 51Jan 2024: 52Feb 2024: 52Mar 2024: 56Apr 2024: 58May 2024: 60Jun 2024: 57Jul 2024: 53Aug 2024: 55Sep 2024: 50Oct 2024: 51Nov 2024: 48Dec 2024: 48Jan 2025: 48Feb 2025: 47Mar 2025: 45Apr 2025: 43May 2025: 40Jun 2025: 40Jul 2025: 39Aug 2025: 38Sep 2025: 38Oct 2025: 35Nov 2025: 40Dec 2025: 395139
Dec 2023Dec 2025

Districts of Diyarbakır

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025
Homicide
202356202441202539
Homicide cases
202334202436202533
Armed assault
202351202448202539

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship
Spouse or partner7 · 21%
Family member13 · 39%
Acquaintance2 · 6%
Stranger2 · 6%
Not reported9 · 27%
Method
Firearm25 · 76%
Knife or blade4 · 12%
Beating4 · 12%
Other or not reported0 · 0%
5 cases in which two or more people were killed
Armed assault · outcome
Death31 · 79%
Injury8 · 21%
Intimate partner and family homicides
20homicides · 61%

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

Femicides
11homicides · 33%

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

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