TURKEY, FIRST 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 , FIRST 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 544 0 0 Conflict incidents by category 2 Strategic developments 230 0 0 Development of conflict incidents from March 2018 to March 2020 2 Explosions / Remote 60 4 8 violence Methodology 3 Violence against civilians 48 2 2 Conflict incidents per province 4 Battles 20 10 36 Riots 13 0 0 Localization of conflict incidents 5 Total 915 16 46 Disclaimer 9 This table is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 3 October 2020).

Development of conflict incidents from March 2018 to March 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 Corum 2 0 0 incidents fatalities fatalities Diyarbakir 160 2 2 Adana 12 0 0 7 0 0 Adiyaman 3 0 0 Elazig 4 0 0 Afyonkarahisar 6 0 0 Erzurum 5 1 1 Agri 7 5 30 Eskisehir 1 0 0 Aksaray 1 0 0 Gaziantep 4 0 0 6 0 0 Hakkari 14 0 0 Ankara 137 0 0 Hatay 7 1 1 Antalya 6 0 0 210 0 0 Artvin 1 0 0 Izmir 46 0 0 Aydin 17 0 0 Iğdır 3 3 4 Balikesir 15 0 0 Karabük 4 0 0 Batman 12 0 0 Karaman 2 0 0 Bayburt 2 0 0 Kars 1 0 0 Bilecik 2 0 0 Kayseri 3 0 0 Bingöl 1 0 0 Kilis 2 0 0 Bitlis 17 1 3 Kirikkale 2 0 0 Bolu 1 0 0 Kirklareli 4 0 0 Burdur 2 0 0 Kirsehir 2 0 0 Bursa 7 0 0 Kocaeli 5 0 0 Canakkale 10 0 0

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Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Province incidents with Province incidents with incidents fatalities incidents fatalities fatalities fatalities Konya 5 0 0 Trabzon 1 0 0 Kutahya 2 0 0 Tunceli 12 0 0 Malatya 6 0 0 Usak 2 0 0 5 0 0 Van 38 0 0 10 2 2 Yalova 1 0 0 Mersin 5 0 0 Yozgat 2 0 0 Mugla 9 0 0 Zonguldak 2 0 0 Mus 4 0 0 Nevsehir 3 0 0 Ordu 4 0 0 Localization of conflict incidents Osmaniye 5 1 3 Note: The following list is an overview of the incident data included in the ACLED Rize 1 0 0 dataset. More details are available in the actual dataset (date, location data, event Sakarya 3 0 0 type, involved actors, information sources, etc.). The data’s precision varies among Samsun 5 0 0 the incidents: a town may represent a region, or the provincial capital may be used Sanliurfa 9 0 0 if the precise location of an incident is unkown. In the following list, the names of Siirt 7 0 0 event locations are taken from ACLED, while the administrative region names are taken from GADM data which serves as the basis for the maps above. Sinop 1 0 0 Sirnak 11 0 0 In Adana, 12 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations Sivas 3 0 0 were among the affected: Adana, , Incirlik. Tekirdag 5 0 0 Tokat 1 0 0 In Adiyaman, 3 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Adiyaman, Kahta.

In Afyonkarahisar, 6 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Afyon T Type Prison, Afyonkarahisar.

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In Agri, 7 incidents killing 30 people were reported. The following locations were In Bilecik, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Agri, Dogubeyazit, Gurbulak. among the affected: Bozuyuk, Pazaryeri.

In Aksaray, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was In Bingöl, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was among the affected: Aksaray. among the affected: Bingol M Type Prison.

In Amasya, 6 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations In Bitlis, 17 incidents killing 3 people were reported. The following locations were were among the affected: Amasya, , Suluova, Tasova. among the affected: Bitlis, Guroymak, Hizan, Tatvan.

In Ankara, 137 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations In Bolu, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was were among the affected: Akyurt, Altindag, Ankara, Cankaya, Kizilay, among the affected: Bolu. Nallihan, Ulus, Universiteler, Yenimahalle. In Burdur, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was among the affected: Burdur. In Antalya, 6 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Antalya, Kas, Korkuteli. In Bursa, 7 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Bursa, Kestel, Kirazliyayla, Nilufer, Yildirim. In Artvin, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was among the affected: Hopa. In Canakkale, 10 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Ayvacik, Canakkale, Gokceada, Kursunlu. In Aydin, 17 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Aydin, , Incirliova, Kusadasi, Kuyucular, Nazilli. In Corum, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Kargi, Osmancik. In Balikesir, 15 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Ayvalik, Balikesir, Bandirma, Bandirma Type T Prison, In Diyarbakir, 160 incidents killing 2 people were reported. The following Edremit, Gomec. locations were among the affected: Baglar, Bismil, Diyarbakir, Hani, Kayapinar, Kulp, Lice, Ortac, Serin, Sur, Tasagil, Tureli, Yenisehir. In Batman, 12 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Batman, Sason. In Edirne, 7 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Edirne, Edirne F Type Prison, . In Bayburt, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was among the affected: Bayburt. In Elazig, 4 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were

6 TURKEY, FIRST QUARTER 2020: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 28 OCTOBER 2020 among the affected: Aricak, Elazig T Type Prison, Maden. among the affected: Aralik, Igdir.

In Erzurum, 5 incidents killing 1 person were reported. The following locations In Karabük, 4 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Cavuskoy, Geventepe, Ispir, Karayazi, Senkaya. were among the affected: Karabuk, Yenice.

In Eskisehir, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was In Karaman, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location among the affected: Eskisehir. was among the affected: Karaman.

In Gaziantep, 4 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations In Kars, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was were among the affected: Gaziantep, Islahiye. among the affected: Kars.

In Hakkari, 14 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations In Kayseri, 3 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was were among the affected: Cukurca, Hakkari. among the affected: Kayseri.

In Hatay, 7 incidents killing 1 person were reported. The following locations were In Kilis, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was among the affected: Antakya, Cilvegozu, Hatay, Iskenderun T Type Prison, among the affected: Kilis. Samandag. In Kirikkale, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations In Istanbul, 210 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Delice, Kirikkale. were among the affected: Acibadem, Adalar, Alibeykoy, Altunizade, Arnavutkoy, Atasehir, Avcilar, Bagcilar, Bahcelievler, Bakirkoy, Basaksehir, Bayrampasa, Bebek, Besiktas, Beyazit, Beykoz, Beylikduezue, Beyoglu, In Kirklareli, 4 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations Cebeci, Esenler, Esenyurt, Eyup, Fatih, Fikirtepe, Gaziosmanpasa, Istanbul, were among the affected: Babaeski, Kirklareli, Luleburgaz. Kadikoy, Kagithane, Kartal, Kucukcekmece, Maltepe, Okmeydani, Pendik, Sariyer, Sazlikoy, Silivri, Silivri Prison, Sisli, Sultanbeyli, Sultangazi, Tuzla, In Kirsehir, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations Umraniye, Uskudar, Yenibosna, Yenikapi. were among the affected: Kirsehir, Mucur.

In Izmir, 46 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were In Kocaeli, 5 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations among the affected: Aliaga, , Cesme, Dikili, , Izmir, were among the affected: Cayirova, Kandira, Kocaeli. , Karsiyaka, Kemalpasa, Konak, Torbali, Urla. In Konya, 5 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were In Iğdır, 3 incidents killing 4 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Aksehir, Cumra, Ilgin, Konya.

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In Kutahya, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations among the affected: Rize. were among the affected: Hisarcik, Kutahya. In Sakarya, 3 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations In Malatya, 6 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was were among the affected: Kirkpinar Hasanpasa, Sakarya. among the affected: Malatya. In Samsun, 5 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations In Manisa, 5 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were were among the affected: Havza, Samsun. among the affected: Alasehir, Demirci, Manisa, Manisa T Type Prison, Soma. In Sanliurfa, 9 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations In Mardin, 10 incidents killing 2 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Bozova, Eyyubiye, Sanliurfa. were among the affected: Bagok Mountain, Cilesiz, Kayaciklar, Kiziltepe, Mardin, , Omeryan Mountains. In Siirt, 7 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Doganca, Eruh, Pervari, Siirt. In Mersin, 5 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Mersin, . In Sinop, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was among the affected: Turkeli. In Mugla, 9 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Bodrum, Datca, Fethiye, . In Sirnak, 11 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: , Idil, Sirnak, Sirnak T Type Prison, Uludere. In Mus, 4 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was among the affected: Mus. In Sivas, 3 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Gurun, Sivas. In Nevsehir, 3 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was among the affected: Nevsehir. In Tekirdag, 5 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Malkara, Muratli, Suleymanpasa, Tekirdag Prison In Ordu, 4 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were Campus. among the affected: , Goksu, Persembe Plateau. In Tokat, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was In Osmaniye, 5 incidents killing 3 people were reported. The following locations among the affected: Tokat Type T Prison. were among the affected: Duzici, Osmaniye, Osmaniye T Type Prison. In Trabzon, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was In Rize, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was among the affected: Trabzon.

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In Tunceli, 12 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations Sources were among the affected: Pertek, Tunceli. • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: Middle East (3 Octo- In Usak, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was ber 2020), 3 October 2020 among the affected: Usak. https://www.acleddata.com/download/2915/

In Van, 38 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were • GADM – Global Administrative Areas: gadm28_levels.shp, Version 2.8, among the affected: Bostanici, Edremit, Esenyamac, Gurpinar, Ipekyolu, Tusba, November 2015a Van, Van Prison Compound. http://biogeo.ucdavis.edu/data/gadm2.8/gadm28_levels.shp.zip

In Yalova, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was • GADM – Global Administrative Areas: TUR_adm.zip, Version 2.8, November among the affected: Yalova. 2015b https://biogeo.ucdavis.edu/data/gadm2.8/shp/TUR_adm_shp.zip In Yozgat, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was among the affected: Sorgun. • Raleigh, Clionadh; Linke, Andrew; Hegre, Håvard, and Karlsen, Joakim: “In- troducing ACLED-Armed Conflict Location and Event Data”, in: Journal of In Zonguldak, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations Peace Research (47(5) 2010 ), pp. 651–660 were among the affected: Eregli, Kozlu. 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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