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Türkiye

Capital city — Ankara

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Panorama

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3.9 % (11,392)
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31/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried female prisoners

20.3 % (2,347)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

6.1 % (712)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until 6 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.

Minors

Minimum age of imprisonment for minors

12 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.

Incarcerated minors

0.6 %

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31/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

3.5 % (10,315)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 63.

Long-term prisoners

People serving a life sentence

3.4 % (8,463)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 54.

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

13.4 % (39,009)
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31/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Elderly prisoners

Number and percentage of elderly prisoners

1.4 % (4,244)

(≥ 65 years)

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42.

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since May 7, 2004