List of prisons in Turkey
The list of prisons in Turkey is based on official data provided by the Ministry of Justice in Turkey (as of December 2008).
Prison types
Type | Capacity |
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A | 792 |
A1 | 508 |
A2 | 744 |
A3 | 1,731 |
B | 1,068 |
C | 1,696 |
D | 1,732 |
E | 29,753 |
F | 4,966 |
H | 3,225 |
K1 | 3,553 |
K2 | 1,446 |
L | 15,084 |
M | 9,107 |
T | 3,400 |
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Type B, C and D
Name/Place, Province | Type | Capacity | Name/Place, Province | Type | Capacity |
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Ardahan | B | 68 | Akşehir, Konya | C | 280 |
Çal, Denizli | B | 70 | Bolvadin, Afyonkarahisar | C | 84 |
Çubuk, Ankara | B | 48 | Burhaniye, Balıkesir | C | 174 |
Develi, Kayseri | B | 66 | Kocaeli | C | 460 |
Düzce | B | 122 | Osmaniye | C | 218 |
Ereğli, Konya | B | 86 | Salihli, Manisa | C | 220 |
Gönen, Balıkesir | B | 64 | Tarsus, Mersin | C | 260 |
Haymana, Ankara | B | 54 | Total Type C | 1,696 | |
Iğdır | B | 100 | Diyarbakır | D | 688 |
Kaman, Kırşehir | B | 44 | Denizli | D | 1,044 |
Mihalıççık, Eskişehir | B | 58 | Total Type D | 1,732 | |
Reyhanlı, Hatay | B | 60 | |||
Seydişehir, Konya | B | 60 | |||
Şereflikoçhisar, Ankara | B | 44 | |||
Tire, Izmir | B | 64 | |||
Yalvaç, Isparta | B | 60 | |||
Total Type B | 1,068 |
Type E and F
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Type K
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Type H and T
Name/Place | Type | Capacity | Name/Place | Type | Capacity |
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Bursa | H | 740 | Bakırköy Metris 1 | T | 1,000 |
Erzurum | H | 740 | Bakırköy Metris 2 | T | 1,000 |
Eskişehir | H | 624 | Ümraniye | T | 1,000 |
Gaziantep | H | 511 | Erzurum/Oltu | T | 400 |
Kartal | H | 610 | Total Type T | 3,400 | |
Total Type H | 3,225 |
Closed and open prisons
Name/Place | Type | Capacity | Name/Place | Type | Capacity |
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Aksaray | closed | 228 | Adıyaman | open (independent) | 300 |
Artvin | closed | 120 | Afyonkarahisar | open (independent) | 192 |
Balıkesir | closed | 274 | Ankara | open (independent) | 310 |
Bartın | closed | 356 | Ayaş | open (independent) | 300 |
Bolu | closed | 148 | Bozüyük | open (independent) | 160 |
Boyabat | closed | 60 | Ceyhan | open (independent) | 200 |
Dinar | closed | 80 | Çanakkale | open (independent) | 300 |
Edirne | closed | 500 | Dalaman | open (independent) | 280 |
Elmadağ | closed | 70 | Edirne | open (independent) | 240 |
Erzincan | closed | 150 | Erciş | open (independent) | 260 |
Gerede | closed | 30 | Erzurum | open (independent) | 210 |
Hakkâri | closed | 192 | Eskipazar | open (independent) | 100 |
İmralı prison | closed | 1 | Eskişehir | open (independent) | 250 |
İzmir | closed | 2031 | Foça, Izmir | open (independent) | 350 |
Kars | closed | 200 | Gemlik | open (independent) | 182 |
Kayseri | closed | 700 | İskilip | open (independent) | 142 |
Keskin | closed | 125 | Kalecik | open (independent) | 70 |
Milas | closed | 70 | Kırıkhan | open (independent) | 100 |
Mudurnu | closed | 32 | Kırşehir | open (independent) | 300 |
Paşakapısı | closed | 350 | Konya | open (independent) | 160 |
Şırnak | closed | 32 | Maltepe, Istanbul | open (independent) | 444 |
Tekirdağ | closed | 320 | Niğde | open (independent) | 300 |
Tokat | closed | 208 | Sarayköy | open (independent) | 80 |
Siirt | open (independent) | 250 | |||
Sincan | open (independent) | 240 | |||
Sivas | open (independent) | 235 | |||
Silivri, Istanbul | open (independent) | 400 | |||
Pınarbaşı | open (independent) | 50 | |||
Anamur | hired | 30 | |||
Sum | 6277 | Sum | 6,435 |
Women, children and juveniles
Name/Place Type Capacity Karataş Women (closed) 144 Ankara Women (closed) 352 Bakırköy, Istanbul Women (closed) 912 Denizli Women (open) 350 Ankara Children and Juveniles 324 Maltepe, Istanbul Children and Juveniles 950 İncesu Children (closed) 60 Ankara Educational Centre 108 Elazığ Educational Centre 120 İzmir Educational Centre 132 Sum 3,452
Explanatory note
The lists were created using a table of the General Directorate for Penal and Arrest Centres (Adalet Bakanlığı Ceza ve Tevkifevleri Genel Müdürlüğü) as part of the Ministry of Justice in Turkey. The lists can be downloaded as an excel-file. It reflects the situation as of 1 December 2008. For the locations neither the districts nor the provinces were mentioned. In addition the General Directorate for Penal and Arrest Centres presents a total of 384 prisons (omitting prisons that have no separate administration) having a total capacity to accommodate 98,238 prisoners.
See also
External links
- Website of the General Directorate for Penal and Arrest Centres (Turkish)