Turkey

Turkey regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Turkey's Criminal Code contains a specific penalty enhancement provision. Data are collected by the Interior Ministry and the Ministry of Justice, and are not made publicly available.

SELECT YEAR

OFFICIAL DATA

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2020	70	213	258
2019	79	248	319
2018	-	1983	589
2017	13	1967	500
2016	14	1455	290
2015	Not available	810	272
2014	Not available	658	202
2013	Not available	535	334
2012	Not available	497	158
2011	Not available	628	17
2010	6	330	297
2009	3	250	242

About 2009 Data

Prosecution and sentencing figures only include crimes of incitement to hatred and discrimination.

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Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See

Reports

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The Kurdish Human Rights Project reported seven assaults targeting Kurdish persons.

Hate crime against Christians and members of other religions

The Kurdish Human Rights Project reported the murder of a Catholic from Germany and death threats made against the priest of an Orthodox church. The Association of Protestant Churches reported threats made to church leaders.

The Holy See reported the murder of a Christian, following which the perpetrator was apprehended, convicted and sentenced.

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

The Kurdish Human Rights Project, the Human Rights Agenda Association, Pink Life (Pembe Hayat), Transgender Europe (TGEU) and Lambda Istanbul reported five transgender murders between March and June 2009. ILGA-Europe provided information on one additional murder and one instance of assault.

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Anti-Roma hate crime

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expressed concern about allegations of persisting hostile attitudes on the part of the general public towards Roma, including attacks and threats.