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Bakırköy Women's Prison

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Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

2008

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

2008

Region

Bakırköy

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

  • Zeynep Kuray
    1978 · journalist

    Zeynep Kuray (born 1978) is a Kurdish journalist.

  • Deniz Seki
    Deniz Seki
    1970 · singer

    Deniz Seki (born July 1, 1970) is a Turkish pop singer, songwriter and composer.

  • Seren Serengil
    Seren Serengil
    1971 · singer

    Seren Serengil (born 6 April 1971) is a Turkish TV presenter, singer and actress.

  • Aslı Erdoğan
    Aslı Erdoğan
    1967 · writer

    Aslı Erdoğan (born 8 March 1967) is a prize-winning Turkish writer, author, human rights activist, and columnist for Özgür Gündem and formerly for Radikal, ex political prisoner, particle physicist.

  • Meşale Tolu
    Meşale Tolu
    1984 · journalist

    Meşale Tolu Çorlu (born Tolu in 1984) is a German journalist and translator of Kurdish descent.

  • Ebru Şallı
    1977 · actor

    Ebru Şallı (born 15 January 1977) is a television personality, model, author, actress, and former beauty pageant titleholder from Turkey.

  • Nazlı Ilıcak
    1944 · politician

    Nazlı Ilıcak (born Ayşe Nazlı Çavuşoğlu; 14 November 1944) is a prominent Turkish journalist and writer.

  • Esra Mungan
    1968 · academic
  • Suzan Zengin
    1959–2011 · translator

    Suzan Zengin (1959 – 12 October 2011) was a Turkish journalist, translator and human rights activist.

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Contact & address

Official site

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Bakırköy Women's Prison. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bak-rkoy-women-s-prison
Chicago
"Bakırköy Women's Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bak-rkoy-women-s-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-bak-rkoy-women-s-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Bakırköy Women's Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bak-rkoy-women-s-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-21}
}