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Ulucanlar Prison Museum

MaximumClosed 2006Low
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  • Courtyard with Kantin sign Ulucanlar Prison Museum Ankara 2025.jpg

    Photo by Furkan Akkurt via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Deniz Gezmis shackles and documents Ulucanlar Prison Museum Ankara 2025.jpg

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  • Deniz Gezmis Yusuf Arslan Huseyin Inan sentencing documents Ulucanlar Prison Museum Ankara 2025.jpg

    Photo by Furkan Akkurt via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Film projector and piano Ulucanlar Prison Museum Ankara 2025.jpg

    Photo by Furkan Akkurt via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Film strip display Ulucanlar Prison Museum Ankara 2025.jpg

    Photo by Furkan Akkurt via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1925

Closed 2006

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1925

Region

Altındağ

Security level

Maximum

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

  • Mehmed Uzun
    1953–2007 · writer

    Mehmed Uzun (January 1, 1953 – October 10, 2007) was a Kurdish writer and novelist born in Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

Official site

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Ulucanlar Prison Museum. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ulucanlar-prison-museum
Chicago
"Ulucanlar Prison Museum." World Prisons. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ulucanlar-prison-museum.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-ulucanlar-prison-museum,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Ulucanlar Prison Museum},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ulucanlar-prison-museum},
  urldate = {2026-10-28}
}