International Centre for Prison Studies
| Country | TURKEY | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice (Adalet Bakanligi) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses (Ceza ve Tevkifevleri Genel Müdürlügü) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Adalet Bakanligi, CTE Genel Müdürlügü, TR-06659 ANKARA, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +90 312 204 13 70 fax: +90 312 223 93 41 Web: www.cte.adalet.gov.tr |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title)
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Mustafa Onuk
Director General of Prisons and Detention Houses
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
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126,393
at 28.2.2013 (national prison administration)
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
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167
based on an estimated national population of 75.89 million at end of
February 2013 (from Eurostat figures)
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
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24.9%
(28.2.2013 - not including remand prisoners convicted but
unsentenced)
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
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3.6%
(of adult prisoners, 28.2.2013)
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
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1.5%
(28.2.2013 - under 18)
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
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1.8%
(31.5.2012)
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| Number of establishments /
institutions
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374
(January 2013)
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| Official capacity of prison system | 142,906
(28.1.2013)
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
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96.6%
(28.1.2013)
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
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