Türkiye

Capital city — Ankara

Country population
84,339,067
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Presidential regime
Human Development Index
0.82
54/188
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.6
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
297,019
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
357
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.
Prison density
120.5 %
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07/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
355
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2013
Female prisoners
3.9 %
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31/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.6 %
i
31/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
13.4 %
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31/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since May 7, 2004

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

95

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

42

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

3.2

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

1.4

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2013