How many people are imprisoned in Türkiye?

Türkiye's prison population is 420,798 people. This figure aggregates all forms of detention counted by the source: sentenced prisoners, pre-trial detainees, and administrative detentions.

What is the incarceration rate in Türkiye?

Türkiye's incarceration rate is approximately 489 people per 100,000 population.

How many prisons are there in Türkiye?

World Prisons indexes 740 individual facilities in Türkiye. Each entry links to a detail page with contact information, capacity, oversight reports, and known conditions.

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Türkiye

Q: Does Türkiye have the death penalty?

Türkiye's death-penalty status is: abolitionist. Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

High confidence

Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 4 May 2026

Aging · 5mo ago

Second-largest prison system in Europe by absolute count, growing rapidly. Major construction programme since 2017.

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Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

Prison population

420,798

Year: 2026

Rate per 100,000

489

Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

132.9%

Above design capacity

Pre-trial / remand

15.1%

Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

4.9%

Foreign nationals

4.2%

Figures from official sources · verified 20 May 2026 · methodology

Conditions risk — across 740 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

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national average

740 unknown

abolitionist on capital punishment since 2004. Last known execution: 1984.ICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): signatory

Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.

636 documented human-rights cases →

How Türkiye compares

vs Asia (16) & global averages

Rate per 100,000this: 489 · region: 140 · global: 214

Occupancy ratethis: 133% · region: 149% · global: 125%

Pre-trial sharethis: 15% · region: 34% · global: 32%

The vertical ticks mark the global (grey) and regional (amber) means. Bars are clipped at the high end for readability.

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year

2000: 49,512+692.6% over 25y2025: 392,456

Source: World Prison Brief / unodc / eurostat / Council of Europe SPACE I

Prisons in Türkiye

Browse all 740 →

740 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Adana 1 Nolu Açık Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Adana

Minimum

Type

Open

Capacity

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Held

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Adana 1 Nolu T Tipi Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Adana

Type

Closed

Capacity

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Held

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Adana 2 Nolu Açık Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Adana

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Type

Open

Capacity

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Held

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Adana 2 Nolu T Tipi Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Adana

Type

Closed

Capacity

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Held

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Adana E Tipi Kapali Ceza Infaz Kurumu

Türkiye

Type

—

Capacity

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Held

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Adana E Tipi Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Adana

Type

Closed

Capacity

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Held

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Adana F Tipi Yüksek Güvenlikli Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Adana

Type

Closed

Capacity

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Held

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Adana F-type High Security Closed Prison

Türkiye

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Adana Rehberlik ve Rehabilitasyon Açık İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Adana

Type

Rehabilitation Centre

Capacity

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Held

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Adana Rehberlik ve Rehabilitasyon Kapalı İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Adana

Type

Rehabilitation Centre

Capacity

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Held

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Adana/Suluca 1 Nolu Yüksek Güvenlikli Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Adana

Maximum

Type

High Security Closed

Capacity

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Held

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Adana/Suluca 2 Nolu Yüksek Güvenlikli Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Adana

Maximum

Type

High Security Closed

Capacity

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Held

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Adana/Suluca Açık Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Adana

Minimum

Type

Open

Capacity

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Held

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Adana/Suluca L Tipi Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Adana

Type

Closed

Capacity

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Held

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Adana/Suluca Y Tipi Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Adana

Type

Closed

Capacity

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Held

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Adiyaman E Tipi Kapali Ceza Infaz Kurumu

Türkiye

Type

—

Capacity

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Held

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Adıyaman L Tipi Kapalı / Açık Ceza İnfaz Kurumu Müdürlüğü

Türkiye · Adiyaman

Type

Annex (Closed)

Capacity

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Held

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Afyonkarahisar 1 Nolu T Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Afyonkarahi̇sar

Type

Closed

Capacity

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Held

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Afyonkarahisar 2 Nolu T Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Afyonkarahi̇sar

Type

Closed

Capacity

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Held

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Afyonkarahisar Açık Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Afyonkarahi̇sar

Minimum

Type

Open

Capacity

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Held

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Afyonkarahisar Açık Ceza İnfaz Kurumu (Kampüs)

Türkiye · Afyonkarahi̇sar

Minimum

Type

Annex (Open)

Capacity

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Held

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Afyonkarahisar E Tipi Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Afyonkarahi̇sar

Type

Closed

Capacity

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Held

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Afyonkarahisar Kadın Açık Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Afyonkarahi̇sar

Minimum

Type

Women — Open

Capacity

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Held

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Afyonkarahisar Kampüs Açık Ceza İnfaz Kurumu

Türkiye · Afyonkarahi̇sar

Minimum

Type

Open

Capacity

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Held

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See all 740 prisons in Türkiye →

Data completeness

100%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population: 86,060,0002026
Source-verified: 20 May 2026
Source links: 2 cited

Sources

Direct citations for the figures on this page.

Primary reference
World Prison Brief (ICPS, Birkbeck) — Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research
Council of Europe â SPACE statistics — Council of Europe
See /data-sources for our methodology.

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: TUR

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APA

World Prisons. (2026). Türkiye — prison statistics. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/countries/turkey

Chicago

"Türkiye — prison statistics." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/countries/turkey.

BibTeX

@misc{worldprisons-turkey,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Türkiye — prison statistics},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/countries/turkey},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}