Gaziantep

Southeastern Anatolia Region · population 2,222,415

Homicide index · 2025

107.4Turkey
= 100

Among 81 provinces: 28th
Compared with Turkey: 7% above
Southeastern Anatolia Region: 119.0
Provinces with a population of 2 million and over: 99.8
Class: 90–110
2024 index: 162.6 · 1st
2023 index: 123.7 · 13th

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Southeastern Anatolia 119 Gaziantep 107.4

Indicators · 2025

IndicatorPer 100,000Turkey50100200

Homicide

30documented people

2024 · 55 · 2.5 per 100,000

2023 · 42 · 1.9 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.3

Turkey1.2

index107.4

index 107.4 · 28th

Homicide cases

29documented cases

2024 · 43 · 2.0 per 100,000

2023 · 37 · 1.7 per 100,000

Per 100,0001.3

Turkey1.1

index116

index 116

Armed assault

46documented cases

2024 · 46 · 2.1 per 100,000

2023 · 47 · 2.2 per 100,000

Per 100,0002.1

Turkey1.8

index116

index 116 · 21st

In Gaziantep, homicides per 100,000 people are 7% above the national average and armed assaults are 16% 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 Gaziantep province, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 55 in 2024 and 30 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 46 and 46 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 10.0%; this trend does not go beyond random fluctuation.

Indicator · 2024 and 2025change · 95% interval

Homicide · documented people

2024 552025 30

−23.2%

−48% … +0%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2024 432025 29

−16.2%

−36% … +1%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2024 462025 46

−1.5%

−20% … +21%

No clear change

Change across Turkey

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

Homicide · documented people

2023 422025 30

−10.0%

−27% … +9%

No clear change

Homicide cases · documented cases

2023 372025 29

−9.8%

−23% … +5%

No clear change

Armed assault · documented cases

2023 472025 46

−3.0%

−15% … +11%

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 Gaziantep

By month

Annual totals, 2023 → 2025

Homicide

202342202455202530

Homicide cases

202337202443202529

Armed assault

202347202446202546

Case characteristics

Offender–victim relationship

Spouse or partner7 · 24%

Family member6 · 21%

Acquaintance3 · 10%

Stranger3 · 10%

Not reported10 · 34%

Method

Firearm16 · 55%

Knife or blade9 · 31%

Beating3 · 10%

Other or not reported1 · 3%

1 cases in which two or more people were killed

Armed assault · outcome

Death26 · 57%

Injury20 · 43%

Subgroups

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Intimate partner and family homicides

13homicides · 45%

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

Femicides

8homicides · 28%

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

District profiles

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Gaziantep and Diyarbakırhighest index in the Southeastern Anatolia Region · 154.1
Gaziantep and İstanbulmost populous province · 95.8