Asia · Western Asia

Türkiye

High confidence

Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 4 May 2026

Fresh · 9d ago

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

Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date.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%

Conditions risk — across 277 facilities

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

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national average

277 unknown

How Türkiye compares

vs Asia (14) & 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+589.7% over 22y2022: 341,497

Prisons in Türkiye

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277 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Adana E Tipi Kapali Ceza Infaz Kurumu

Türkiye

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Adana F-type High Security Closed Prison

Türkiye

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Adiyaman E Tipi Kapali Ceza Infaz Kurumu

Türkiye

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Akcaabat Cezaevi

Türkiye

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Akcadag T Tipi Acik Ve Kapali Ceza Infaz Kurumu

Türkiye

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Akcakale Kapali Cezaevi

Türkiye

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Aksaray Kapali Cezaevi

Türkiye

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Aksaray Yeni Ceza Evi

Türkiye · Aksaray

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Aksehir Ceza Ve Infaz Kurumu

Türkiye

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Akseki Cezaevi

Türkiye

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Alanya Prison

Türkiye

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Alasehir Cezaevi

Türkiye

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Alucra Cezaevi

Türkiye

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Amasya E Tipi Kapali Cezaevi

Türkiye

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Anamur Cezaevi

Türkiye · Mersin

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Ankara Sincan Kapali Ceza Infaz Kurumlari Kampusu

Türkiye · Ankara

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Antalya E Tipi Kapali ve Acik Ceza Infaz Kurumu

Türkiye

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Antalya L Tipi Kapali Ceza Infaz Kurumu

Türkiye

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Arac Eski Kapali Ceza Evi

Türkiye

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Arguvan Cezaevi

Türkiye

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Artvin Kapali Cezaevi

Türkiye

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Ayas Acik Cezaevi

Türkiye

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Aydin Prison

Türkiye

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Baba Cafer Zindani

Türkiye

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See all 277 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 — SPACE statistics — Council of Europe
See /data-sources for our methodology.