The London Legal Group reported one case of a series of acts of vandalism against the statue of an Armenian musician; two cases of threats; and four physical assaults, three of which were against elderly women of Armenian background and one of which also involved a robbery.
Kaos GL and the London Legal Group reported four murders, including the murder of a transgender woman, who was shot dead, and the murder of a 17-year-old boy by his family after he revealed he was gay; one physical assault; and one case of rape and robbery of two transgender sex workers in Ankara.
The London Legal Group reported a further six murders, including the murder of a transgender woman by stabbing, two physical assaults by a group, and one attempted attack by a group. Kaos GL reported a further murder of a transgender woman, and the murder of a gay man; and two physical assaults, one against a gay man resulting in serious injury and one against a group.
Transgender Europe (TGEU) reported four physical assaults, including one resulting in serious injury, against transgender people.
The Observatory on Intolerance Against Christians reported one incident of damage to a church and its property.
The Holy See reported one case of physical assault also involving threats; a further case of assault involving eggs being thrown and a threat with a gun; a further six cases of threats, including against a priest and his family, and against presenters of a Christian radio programme; two cases of damage to a church, one involving the perpetrators wielding knives and breaking three statues. Turkey has provided ODIHR with detailed information about the status of all the above mentioned cases. In some instances, the perpetrators were found guilty and imprisoned, in other cases the investigation or prosecution is ongoing, while yet in others, perpetrators could not be identified or the reported act did not constitute a crime. The Turkish response does not contain information about recorded bias motive in any of the cases reported by the Holy See.
ODIHR observes that Turkey has not periodically reported the numbers of hate crimes recorded by police to ODIHR.