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TURKEY, SECOND QUARTER 2020: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) compiled by ACCORD, 28 October 2020

Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality Number of reported fatalities

National borders: GADM, November 2015a; administrative divisions: GADM, November 2015b; in- cident data: ACLED, 3 October 2020; coastlines and inland waters: Smith and Wessel, 1 May 2015 , SECOND QUARTER 2020: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 28 OCTOBER 2020

Contents Conflict incidents by category

Number of Number of reported fatalities 1 Number of Number of Category incidents with at incidents fatalities Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality 1 least one fatality Protests 421 0 0 Conflict incidents by category 2 Strategic developments 282 0 0 Development of conflict incidents from June 2018 to June 2020 2 Battles 106 64 137 Explosions / Remote Methodology 3 91 17 54 violence Conflict incidents per province 4 Violence against civilians 40 4 5 Riots 3 0 0 Localization of conflict incidents 5 Total 943 85 196 Disclaimer 9 This table is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 3 October 2020).

Development of conflict incidents from June 2018 to June 2020

This graph is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 3 October 2020).

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Methodology on what level of detail is reported. Thus, towns may represent the wider region in which an incident occured, or the provincial capital may be used if only the province The data used in this report was collected by the Armed Conflict Location & Event is known. Erroneous location data, especially due to identical place names, cannot Data Project (ACLED). ACLED collects data on reported conflict events in selected be fully excluded. African and Asian countries, Turkey being among them. ACLED researchers collect event data from a variety of sources and code them by date, location, agent, and Incidents comprise the following categories: battles, headquarters or bases es- event type. tablished, non-violent strategic activities, riots/protests, violence against civilians, non-violent transfer of territory, remote violence. For details on these categories, Most of the data collected by ACLED is gathered based on publicly available, please see secondary reports. It may therefore underestimate the volume of events. Fatal- ity data particularly is vulnerable to bias and inaccurate reporting, and ACLED • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: Armed Conflict states to use the most conservative estimate available. ACLED uses the reports’ Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) Codebook (2019), 10 April 2019a context to estimate fatalities for events with reported fatalities for which the exact https://www.acleddata.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2017/10/ number is unknown (“10” for plural fatalities, “100” if “hundreds” are mentioned, ACLED_Codebook_2019FINAL_pbl.pdf etc.). For further details on ACLED and for the full data, see www.acleddata.com and Raleigh; Linke; Hegre, and Karlsen, 2010. • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) User Quick Guide, April 2019b Based on this data, the Austrian Centre for Country of Origin & Asylum Research https://www.acleddata.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2019/04/ and Documentation (ACCORD) compiles updates on conflict incidents and pub- General-User-Guide_FINAL.pdf lishes them on ecoi.net to offer another access point to the ACLED datasets. • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: FAQs: ACLED Fatality It is advised to employ extreme caution when using fatality numbers. Methodology, 27 January 2020 https://www.acleddata.com/download/17979/ Assessments of the security situation should not be based solely on quantitative analysis of event data.

Geographic map data is primarily based on GADM, complemented with other sources if necessary. Incidents are mapped to GADM provinces using the provinces in ACLED data. Province names and borders may differ between ACLED and GADM. Incidents that could not be located are ignored. The numbers included in this overview might therefore differ from the original ACLED data. ACLED uses varying degrees of geographic precision for the individual incidents, depending

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Number of Conflict incidents per province Number of Number of Province incidents with incidents fatalities Number of fatalities Number of Number of Province incidents with Edirne 2 0 0 incidents fatalities fatalities Elazig 4 1 2 29 0 0 Erzincan 2 0 0 Adiyaman 3 1 3 Eskisehir 1 0 0 Agri 9 5 14 Gaziantep 9 0 0 128 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 0 Hakkari 61 25 48 Ardahan 1 0 0 Hatay 4 2 2 Aydin 12 0 0 Isparta 1 0 0 Balikesir 6 0 0 152 0 0 Batman 12 0 0 Izmir 44 0 0 Bilecik 1 0 0 Iğdır 7 1 4 Bingöl 4 0 0 Kahramanmaras 4 0 0 Bitlis 20 4 11 Kars 8 2 5 Bolu 1 0 0 Kayseri 4 0 0 Burdur 1 0 0 Kilis 1 0 0 Bursa 16 0 0 Kirklareli 1 0 0 Canakkale 2 0 0 Kocaeli 13 0 0 Corum 1 0 0 Konya 5 0 0 Denizli 7 0 0 Kutahya 1 0 0 Diyarbakir 143 8 14 Malatya 2 0 0 Duzce 1 0 0

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Number of Number of Number of if the precise location of an incident is unkown. In the following list, the names of Province incidents with incidents fatalities event locations are taken from ACLED, while the administrative region names are fatalities taken from GADM data which serves as the basis for the maps above. 11 0 0 16 3 5 In Adana, 29 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations Mersin 14 0 0 were among the affected: Adana, Ceyhan, Kozan, Mumunlu, Saricam, Seyhan, Yuregir. Mugla 7 0 0 Mus 8 0 0 In Adiyaman, 3 incidents killing 3 people were reported. The following locations Nigde 2 0 0 were among the affected: Adiyaman, Golbasi, Korukoy. Ordu 2 0 0 Osmaniye 1 0 0 In Agri, 9 incidents killing 14 people were reported. The following locations were Rize 2 0 0 among the affected: Agri, Dogubeyazit, Little Ararat Mountain, Patnos. Sakarya 7 0 0 In Ankara, 128 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations Samsun 2 0 0 were among the affected: Altindag, Ankara, Cankaya, Elmadag, Etimesgut, Sanliurfa 10 0 0 Karsiyaka, Kazan, Kizilay, Mamak, Sincan, Tuzlucayir, Yenimahalle. Siirt 14 4 6 Sirnak 39 16 49 In Antalya, 20 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations Tekirdag 4 0 0 were among the affected: Adrasan, Antalya, Gazipasa, Kepez, Konyaalti, , Muratpasa, Serik. 9 5 17 Van 50 8 16 In Ardahan, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was Zonguldak 1 0 0 among the affected: Ardahan.

In Aydin, 12 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were Localization of conflict incidents among the affected: Aydin, , Efeler, , Kusadasi.

Note: The following list is an overview of the incident data included in the ACLED In Balikesir, 6 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations dataset. More details are available in the actual dataset (date, location data, event were among the affected: Balikesir, Edremit, Erdek. type, involved actors, information sources, etc.). The data’s precision varies among the incidents: a town may represent a region, or the provincial capital may be used In Batman, 12 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations

5 TURKEY, SECOND QUARTER 2020: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 28 OCTOBER 2020 were among the affected: Batman, Kozluk, Sason. Dagcilar, Diyarbakir, Diyarbakir D Type Prison, Gulec, Hani, Kayapinar, Lice, Silvan, Sur, Yalimli, Yenisehir. In Bilecik, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was among the affected: Bilecik. In Duzce, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was among the affected: Duzce. In Bingöl, 4 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Bingol, Kirkoy, Saggoze, Yolacti. In Edirne, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was among the affected: Edirne. In Bitlis, 20 incidents killing 11 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Bitlis, Hizan, Kinali, Tatvan. In Elazig, 4 incidents killing 2 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Aricak, Elazig, Elazig T Type Prison, Maden. In Bolu, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was among the affected: Bolu. In Erzincan, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Erzincan, Karatus. In Burdur, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was among the affected: Bucak. In Eskisehir, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was among the affected: Odunpazari. In Bursa, 16 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Bursa, Gemlik, Gursu, Inegol, Kirazliyayla, Orhangazi, Osmangazi. In Gaziantep, 9 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Gaziantep, Islahiye, Karkamis, Nurdagi, In Canakkale, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations Sehitkamil. were among the affected: Biga, Canakkale. In Giresun, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was In Corum, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was among the affected: Giresun. among the affected: Corum. In Hakkari, 61 incidents killing 48 people were reported. The following locations In Denizli, 7 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were were among the affected: Aksu, Armutduzu, Bogazkoy, Cukurca, Gelisen, among the affected: Denizli, Merkezefendi, Pamukkale. Hakkari, Kavakli, Kazan, Ogul, Semdinli, Yuksekova.

In Diyarbakir, 143 incidents killing 14 people were reported. The following In Hatay, 4 incidents killing 2 people were reported. The following locations were locations were among the affected: Akcabudak, Baglar, Bismil, Cagdas, among the affected: Dortyol, Hatay, Payas.

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In Isparta, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was among the affected: Kirklareli. among the affected: Isparta. In Kocaeli, 13 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations In Istanbul, 152 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Cayirova, Dilovasi, Gebze, Izmit, Kandira, Kocaeli. were among the affected: Adalar, Arnavutkoy, Bagcilar, Bahcelievler, Bakirkoy, Basaksehir, Bayrampasa, Besiktas, Beykoz, Beylikduezue, Beyoglu, Esenler, In Konya, 5 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were Esenyurt, Eyup, Fatih, Gaziosmanpasa, Istanbul, Kadikoy, Kartal, among the affected: Karapinar, Karatay, Konya, Kulu, Meram. Kucukcekmece, Maltepe, Okmeydani, Sancaktepe, Sariyer, Silivri, Sisli, Sultanbeyli, Sultangazi, Tuzla, Umraniye, Uskudar, Yenibosna, Zeytinburnu. In Kutahya, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was among the affected: Gediz. In Izmir, 44 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Aliaga, Balcova, Bayrakli, Bergama, Bornova, Cakaltepe, In Malatya, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was Cigli, Izmir, Izmir Women’s Closed Prison, Karabaglar, Konak, Menemen, among the affected: Malatya. Odemis, Seferihisar, Tire, Urla. In Manisa, 11 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations In Iğdır, 7 incidents killing 4 people were reported. The following locations were were among the affected: Manisa, Saruhanli, Soma, Yunusemre. among the affected: Aralik, Igdir, Karakoyunlu. In Mardin, 16 incidents killing 5 people were reported. The following locations In Kahramanmaras, 4 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following were among the affected: Bagok Mountain, Dargecit, Derik, Kiziltepe, Mardin, locations were among the affected: Dulkadiroglu, Kahramanmaras, Turkoglu L Mazidagi, Nusaybin, Omerli, Omeryan Mountains. Type Prison Number 2. In Mersin, 14 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations In Kars, 8 incidents killing 5 people were reported. The following locations were were among the affected: Akdeniz, Erdemli, Mersin, Mezitli, Silifke, . among the affected: Kagizman, Karakurt, Kars. In Mugla, 7 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were In Kayseri, 4 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations among the affected: Bodrum, Datca, Fethiye, Mentese, , Mugla, were among the affected: Bunyan T Type Prison, Kayseri, Talas. Seydikemer.

In Kilis, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was In Mus, 8 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Elbeyli. among the affected: Altinova, Mus, Suluca, Tatargazi, Varto.

In Kirklareli, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was In Nigde, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were

7 TURKEY, SECOND QUARTER 2020: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 28 OCTOBER 2020 among the affected: Altunhisar, Nigde. In Tunceli, 9 incidents killing 17 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Hozat, Ovacik, Tunceli. In Ordu, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Ordu, Unye. In Van, 50 incidents killing 16 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Baskale, Bostanici, Caldiran, Catak, Dikbiyik, Edremit, In Osmaniye, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was Ercis, Gurpinar, Hacibekir, Ipekyolu, Kaskol, Narli, Ozalp, Tahil, Tusba, Van, among the affected: Osmaniye. Van Prison Compound, Yeni.

In Rize, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were In Zonguldak, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was among the affected: Cayeli, Pazar. among the affected: Zonguldak.

In Sakarya, 7 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Erenler, Hendek, , Sakarya, .

In Samsun, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Carsamba, Samsun.

In Sanliurfa, 10 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Ceylanpinar, Eyyubiye, Kucuknaneli, Sanliurfa, Siverek.

In Siirt, 14 incidents killing 6 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Baykan, Dogankoy, Eruh, Gorendoruk, Herekol Mountain, Siirt, Tunekpinar.

In Sirnak, 39 incidents killing 49 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Beytussebap, , Dagkonak, Dereler, Gabar Mountain, Gormec, Idil, Judi Mountain, Kosreli, Silopi, Sirnak, Uludere, Yarbasi.

In Tekirdag, 4 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Corlu, Suleymanpasa, Tekirdag.

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Sources please see the ecoi.net blog posts tagged with “ACLED”. The lack of information on an event in this report does not permit the inference that it did not take place. • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: Middle East (3 Octo- The boundaries and names displayed do not imply endorsement or acceptance ber 2020), 3 October 2020 by the Austrian Red Cross. https://www.acleddata.com/download/2915/

• GADM – Global Administrative Areas: gadm28_levels.shp, Version 2.8, Cite as November 2015a http://biogeo.ucdavis.edu/data/gadm2.8/gadm28_levels.shp.zip • ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin & Asylum Research and Documentation: Turkey, second quarter 2020: Update on incidents according • GADM – Global Administrative Areas: TUR_adm.zip, Version 2.8, November to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), 28 October 2015b 2020 https://biogeo.ucdavis.edu/data/gadm2.8/shp/TUR_adm_shp.zip

• Raleigh, Clionadh; Linke, Andrew; Hegre, Håvard, and Karlsen, Joakim: “In- troducing ACLED-Armed Conflict Location and Event Data”, in: Journal of Peace Research (47(5) 2010 ), pp. 651–660 http://jpr.sagepub.com/content/47/5/651.full.pdf+html

• Smith, Walter H. F. and Wessel, Paul: Global Self-consistent Hierarchical High-resolution Geography (GSHHG), Version 2.3.4, 1 May 2015 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/data/gshhg/latest/

Disclaimer

Event data may be revised or complemented in future updates. Updates in ACLED’s datasets will not necessarily be reflected in ACCORD’s reports if the update occurs close to or after the latter’s publication. Changes in the sources used by ACLEDto collect incident data might affect the comparability of data over time. For more information on ACLED’s methodology, please see www.acleddata.com/resources/ methodology/. For more information on ACCORD’s products based on the data,

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