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Marmara Prison

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Prison in Istanbul, Turkey | | | Location | [Silivri, Istanbul | | | Status | Operational | | Security class | L-type | | Capacity | 10,904 as of 2008 | | Opened | 2008 | | Managed by | Directorate General of Penitentiaries, Ministry of Justice "Ministry of Justice (Turkey)") | Marmara Penitentiaries Campus Marmara Prison File:Turkey Istanbul location map.svg Location of Marmara Prison in Istanbul province. 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.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmara_Prison#cite_note-sab-1)[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmara_Prison#cite_note-tz1-2) 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.

Background

Marmara Prison (Turkish: Marmara Cezaevi) or officially Marmara Penitentiaries Campus (Turkish: Marmara Ceza Ä°nfaz KurumlarÄ± KampÃ¼sÃ¼) 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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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

2008

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Directorate General of Penitentiaries, Ministry of Justice

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

2008

Region

Silivri

Security level

High-security

Death-row facility

Conditions

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Visiting

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Mailing

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Practical info

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Known issues

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Notable inmates

Soner YalÃ§Ä±n
1966 · journalist
Soner YalÃ§Ä±n (born January 1, 1966) is a Turkish journalist and writer.
BarÄ±Å Pehlivan
1983 · journalist
BarÄ±Å Pehlivan (IPA: [baÉ¾É¯Ê pehlivan]; born July 10, 1983) is a Turkish journalist and author.
DoÄu PerinÃ§ek
1942 · politician
DoÄu PerinÃ§ek (Turkish pronunciation: [doËu peÉ¾inËtÊek]; 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.
Tuncay Ãzkan
1966 · journalist
Ahmet Tuncay Ãzkan (born 14 August 1966) is a Turkish journalist, writer and politician.
Bekir Kaya
1977 · politician
Bekir Kaya (born 1977 in AÄrÄ±) is a Kurdish politician of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) and a former Mayor of Van.
Ali Yasak
1956 · criminal
Ali Yasak (born 1956), better known as Drej Ali (literally: Ali, the tall) is one of Turkey's most renowned criminals.
Ahmet Altan
1950 · journalist
Ahmet HÃ¼srev Altan (born 2 March 1950) is a Turkish journalist and author.
Ãmit ÃzdaÄ
1961 · university teacher
Ãmit ÃzdaÄ (Turkish: [yËmit ËÃ¸zdÉË]; 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.
Osman Kavala
1957 · businessperson
Mehmet Osman Kavala (born 2 October 1957) is a Turkish economist, businessman, philanthropist, and political activist.