Trends
The year-to-year change in homicide and armed assault is given for Turkey, its regions and provinces. Each change is shown with a 95 per cent uncertainty interval; a change counts as clear when the interval does not include zero. Monthly series and 12-month rolling totals show the course within the year. The average annual trend across all data years is given in the same way.
Turkey
In Turkey, the number of people killed in homicides documented in the press was 1,204 in 2024 and 1,063 in 2025. Armed assaults numbered 1,534 and 1,517 in the same years. The decrease in homicide and the decrease in homicide cases go beyond random fluctuation; the other changes do not. Over 2023–2025, the average annual fall in the number of people killed is estimated at 9.0%; this trend goes beyond random fluctuation.
Official rate series
The homicide rate Turkey reported to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime was 2.40 in 2019 and 2.41 in 2024. The highest value in the series is in 2023 (3.24). For 2025, whose official rate has not yet been published, the coverage-corrected estimate is 2.6, with a 90 per cent range of 2.1–3.1.
Homicides in TurkeyRegions
The change between 2024 and 2025 in the seven geographical regions, sorted from the largest increase to the largest decrease.
Provinces
Between 2024 and 2025, 1 province shows a clear decrease; elsewhere the change is within random fluctuation.
By month
People killed in homicides, homicide cases and armed assaults are shown by month across all data years. Select Turkey or a province; two provinces can be compared on the same chart.