Report: Gun violence in Turkey has increased by 75 percent in the last seven years

According to a report by the Umut Foundation, which works to prevent individual armament, gun violence in Turkey has increased by 75 percent in the last seven years. According to the report, there were more violent incidents in 2021 than in 2020.

The research also included the regions where armed violence is most common in Turkey. As every year, the Marmara Region, where the population density is the highest, took the lead by 985 gun violence incidents.

The region where gun violence increased the most with 21 percent in a year was the Mediterranean with 551 violent incidents. In the Aegean (492) and Central Anatolia (507), there was a 6 percent decrease compared to the previous year. In 2021, there were 526 gun violence incidents in Southeastern Anatolia and 524 in the Black Sea.