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Marmara Prison
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Background
Marmara Prison (Turkish: Marmara Cezaevi) or officially Marmara Penitentiaries Campus (Turkish: Marmara Ceza İnfaz Kurumları Kampüsü) formerly Silivri Prison is a high-security state correctional institution complex in the Silivri district of Istanbul Province in Turkey. Established in 2008, it is the country's most modern and Europe's largest penal facility. As of June 5, 2008, a total of 96,760 defendants and convicts were detained in Turkey. 11,148 of them were held in ten correctional facilities of closed and open type within Istanbul Province. Following the opening of Silivri Prison, which has a capacity of nearly 11,000 inmates, the number of inmates in all Istanbul's prisons reached 15,910.
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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 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
2008
Region
Silivri
Security level
High-security
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
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Ãmit ÃzdaÄ1961 · university teacherÃmit ÃzdaÄ (Turkish: [yËmit ËøzdÉË]; born 3 March 1961) is a Turkish politician who returned to his position as the current leader of the Victory Party after being released from prison on 17 June 2025.
- AyÅe Barim? · film producer
- Ä°lker Canikligil1972 · film director
Osman Kavala1957 · businesspersonMehmet Osman Kavala (born 2 October 1957) is a Turkish economist, businessman, philanthropist, and political activist.
- Bekir Kaya1977 · politician
Bekir Kaya (born 1977 in AÄrı) is a Kurdish politician of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) and a former Mayor of Van.
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DoÄu Perinçek1942 · politicianDoÄu Perinçek (Turkish pronunciation: [doËu peɾinËtÊek]; born 17 June 1942) is a Turkish politician, doctor of law and former communist revolutionary who has been chairman of the left-wing nationalist Patriotic Party since 2015.
BarıŠPehlivan1983 · journalistBarıŠPehlivan (IPA: [baÉ¾É¯Ê pehlivan]; born July 10, 1983) is a Turkish journalist and author.
- Ali Yasak1956 · criminal
Ali Yasak (born 1956), better known as Drej Ali (literally: Ali, the tall) is one of Turkey's most renowned criminals.
Tuncay Ãzkan1966 · journalistAhmet Tuncay Ãzkan (born 14 August 1966) is a Turkish journalist, writer and politician.
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Conditions Risk Score
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Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
Data completeness
46%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q4116402)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Marmara Prison. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/marmara-prison
"Marmara Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/marmara-prison.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Marmara Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/marmara-prison},
urldate = {2026-10-15}
}