The 2020 report containing the attacks suffered by Turks living abroad has been published.

Presidency for Turks Abroad and Associated Communities (YTB) revealed a report titled ‘Attacks Concentrating on Turkish Residents Abroad 2020’.

The report, which was revealed to activate worldwide communication and cooperation mechanisms in opposition to Islamophobia and racist threats that Turkish residents are uncovered to, was introduced by YTB President Abdullah Eren on Twitter.

The report has been revealed in many various languages.

GRADE OF VIOLENCE INCREASED

It has been famous that there has been a big enhance in the quantity and diploma of violence in hate crimes concentrating on Turkish and Muslim communities abroad or individually, Turkish residents, locations of worship, faculties, associations, companies and autos and international representations of Turkey in comparison with 2019.

MORE ACTUAL EVENTS

Hate crimes affecting Turks living abroad elevated by 53.7% in comparison with 2019 and reached 389. In the Americas, Europe and Australia continents, 389 hate crimes had been dedicated in 28 completely different nations in 2020, straight or not directly affecting Turkish residents.

FRANCE RANKED SECOND

Along with this quantity, it was underlined that the precise variety of circumstances was a lot greater with the occasions that weren’t mirrored in the media and weren’t reported to the Presidency.

As in the earlier 12 months, Germany took the first place in the attacks. Amongst the nations with the most hate crimes, Germany was adopted by France with 40 circumstances and Austria with 37 circumstances.

ATTACK MOTIVATIONS ARE INCLUDED

It was said that the major supply of hate crimes is excessive right-wing terrorism with each racist and anti-Islamic motives.

It has additionally been famous that there has been a big enhance in the attacks of the PKK terrorist group and Armenian racists just lately. In the report, which incorporates the motivations of the attacks; 192 Islamophobia, 162 racism, 14 PKK terrorism, 13 Armenian racism, 6 DAESH and a couple of DHKPC motivated attacks had been recorded.

25 CASE OF ARADING

In accordance with the 2020 report, at the very least 36 individuals had been injured in the attacks, and 5 individuals misplaced their lives, together with 4 in the Hanau bloodbath. 25 circumstances of arson by Turks had been recorded. 13 companies, 5 mosques, 5 residences, 1 faculty, 1 affiliation and 11 autos had been broken.

FALSE BOMB WARNINGS HAVE BEEN MADE

As well as, it was famous that there have been information and messages concentrating on Turks and Muslims in each conventional and social media, letters and harassments containing threats and insults directed at particular person targets, and unfounded bomb notices arriving at mosques earlier than Friday prayers.

Worship in mosques was interrupted by 12 false bomb threats.

COUNTRY DETAILS ARE INCLUDED

In the distribution of attacks by varieties, 225 hate speech/threats, 37 attacks on people, 25 arson and different attacks got here to the fore.

In the report, separate parenthesis was opened for the racist terrorist assault on February 19, 2020 in Hanau, Germany. The country-by-country particulars of the attacks concentrating on Turkish residents had been additionally included.

‘INTERNATIONAL CITIZENS RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS DAY 2020’

As well as, in the ‘Abroad Residents’ Rights and Freedoms Diary 2020′, revealed for the first time this 12 months, an analysis of the laws and developments relating to rights and freedoms in 2020 in nations the place Turkish residents dwell closely, and an analysis of the information recorded chronologically in line with the rights and freedom classes. constructive or detrimental results had been included.

281 REGISTRATION FOUND

Laws and developments relating to the rights and freedoms of Turkish residents abroad had been scanned by way of media and different open sources, and 281 exemplary information had been obtained in 2020.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN MADE

281 laws and improvement had been categorised as entry to justice, the proper to work, freedom of faith and conscience, the proper to training, the proper to safety, the prohibition of racism and discrimination, ill-treatment and torture, freedom of expression and data, and respect for personal life.

In the research, a complete of 19 Western nations, 110 constructive and 171 doable detrimental penalties of regulation and improvement had been recognized.

The report and the research might be accessed from YTB’s web site “www.ytb.gov.tr”.