# List of prisons in Turkey

The list of prisons in Turkey is based on official data provided by the Ministry of Justice in Turkey (as of December 2008).

## Prison types

| Type | Capacity |
| A | 792 |
| A1 | 508 |
| A2 | 744 |
| A3 | 1,731 |
| B | 1,068 |
| C | 1,696 |
| D | 1,732 |
| E | 29,753 |
| F | 4,966 |
| H | 3,225 |
| K1 | 3,553 |
| K2 | 1,446 |
| L | 15,084 |
| M | 9,107 |
| T | 3,400 |
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### Type B, C and D

| Name/Place, Province | Type | Capacity | Name/Place, Province | Type | Capacity |
| Ardahan | B | 68 | Akşehir, Konya | C | 280 |
| Çal, Denizli | B | 70 | Bolvadin, Afyonkarahisar | C | 84 |
| Çubuk, Ankara | B | 48 | Burhaniye, Balıkesir | C | 174 |
| Develi, Kayseri | B | 66 | Kocaeli | C | 460 |
| Düzce | B | 122 | Osmaniye | C | 218 |
| Ereğli, Konya | B | 86 | Salihli, Manisa | C | 220 |
| Gönen, Balıkesir | B | 64 | Tarsus, Mersin | C | 260 |
| Haymana, Ankara | B | 54 | Total Type C | Total Type C | 1,696 |
| Iğdır | B | 100 | Diyarbakır | D | 688 |
| Kaman, Kırşehir | B | 44 | Denizli | D | 1,044 |
| Mihalıççık, Eskişehir | B | 58 | Total Type D | Total Type D | 1,732 |
| Reyhanlı, Hatay | B | 60 | | | |
| Seydişehir, Konya | B | 60 | | | |
| Şereflikoçhisar, Ankara | B | 44 | | | |
| Tire, Izmir | B | 64 | | | |
| Yalvaç, Isparta | B | 60 | | | |
| Total Type B | Total Type B | 1,068 | | |

### Type E and F

| Place | Type | Capacity |
| Adana | E | 1,168 |
| Adıyaman | E | 576 |
| Afyonkarahisar | E | 600 |
| Amasya | E | 550 |
| Antalya | E | 1,000 |
| Aydın | E | 850 |
| Bitlis | E | 592 |
| Burdur | E | 514 |
| Bursa | E | 1,000 |
| Çanakkale | E | 704 |
| Çankırı | E | 628 |
| Diyarbakır | E | 744 |
| Elazığ | E | 468 |
| Elbistan, Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş | E | 608 |
| Erzurum | E | 700 |
| Gaziantep | E | 1,000 |
| Giresun | E | 600 |
| Gümüşhane | E | 500 |
| Hatay | E | 648 |
| Isparta | E | 648 |
| Kahramanmaraş | E | 696 |
| Kastamonu | E | 522 |
| Kırklareli | E | 630 |
| Kırşehir | E | 516 |
| Konya | E | 700 |
| Kütahya | E | 508 |
| Malatya | E | 590 |
| Manisa | E | 544 |
| Mardin | E | 580 |
| Mersin | E | 854 |
| Muğla | E | 728 |
| Muş | E | 670 |
| Nazilli | E | 668 |
| Nevşehir | E | 522 |
| Niğde | E | 444 |
| Ordu | E | 550 |
| Samsun | E | 570 |
| Siirt | E | 600 |
| Sinop | E | 477 |
| Sivas | E | 850 |
| Şanlıurfa | E | 600 |
| Trabzon | E | 586 |
| Uşak | E | 536 |
| Ümraniye, Istanbul | E | 1,000 |
| Yozgat | E | 714 |
| Total Type E | Total Type E | 29,753 |
| Place | Type | Capacity |
| Adana | F | 368 |
| Ankara | F1 | 368 |
| Ankara | F2 | 368 |
| Bolu | F | 368 |
| Edirne | F | 368 |
| İzmir | F1 | 368 |
| İzmir | F2 | 368 |
| Kırıkkale | F | 368 |
| Kocaeli | F1 | 368 |
| Kocaeli | F2 | 368 |
| Tekirdağ | F1 | 368 |
| Tekirdağ | F2 | 550 |
| Van | F | 368 |
| Total Type F | Total Type F | 4,966 |

### Type K

| Name/Place | Type | Capacity | Name/Place | Type | Capacity |
| Ağlasun, Burdur | K1 | 42 | Arguvan, Malatya | K2 | 60 |
| Ahlat, Bitlis | K1 | 42 | Ayvalık, Balıkesir | K2 | 60 |
| Akdağmadeni, Yozgat | K1 | 42 | Bismil, Diyarbakır | K2 | 60 |
| Alaçam, Samsun | K1 | 42 | Çifteler, Eskişehir | K2 | 60 |
| Almus, Tokat | K1 | 42 | Çivril, Denizli | K2 | 60 |
| Altınözü, Hatay | K1 | 42 | Doğanşehir, Malatya | K2 | 62 |
| Araban, Gaziantep | K1 | 48 | Erdemli, Mersin | K2 | 60 |
| Araklı, Trabzon | K1 | 42 | Gülnar, Mersin | K2 | 60 |
| Arhavi, Artvin | K1 | 42 | Horasan, Erzurum | K2 | 62 |
| Bahçe Tipi | K1 | 42 | İvrindi, Balıkesir | K2 | 60 |
| Bayramiç, Çanakkale | K1 | 42 | Kale, Denizli | K2 | 60 |
| Bozcaada, Çanakkale | K1 | 42 | Karahallı, Uşak | K2 | 60 |
| Bozkurt | K1 | 42 | Karamürsel, Kocaeli | K2 | 60 |
| Cizre, Şırnak | K1 | 42 | Keban, Elazığ | K2 | 62 |
| Çameli, Denizli | K1 | 42 | Keçiborlu, Isparta | K2 | 60 |
| Çerkeş, Çankırı | K1 | 42 | Kırkağaç, Manisa | K2 | 60 |
| Çerkezköy, Tekirdağ | K1 | 42 | Korgan, Ordu | K2 | 60 |
| Daday, Kastamonu | K1 | 42 | Kula, Manisa | K2 | 60 |
| Delice, Kırıkkale | K1 | 41 | Lice, Diyarbakır | K2 | 60 |
| Derik, Mardin | K1 | 42 | Niksar, Tokat | K2 | 60 |
| Diyadin, Ağrı | K1 | 42 | Orta, Çankırı | K2 | 60 |
| Domaniç, Kütahya | K1 | 42 | Selendi, Manisa | K2 | 60 |
| Durağan, Sinop | K1 | 42 | Şebinkarahisar, Giresun | K2 | 60 |
| Dursunbey, Balıkesir | K1 | 84 | Torbalı, Izmir | K2 | 60 |
| Eflani, Karabük | K1 | 42 | Total Type K2 | Total Type K2 | 1,446 |
| Eşme, Uşak | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Felahiye, Kayseri | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Gediz, Kütahya | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Gölbaşı, Adıyaman | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Gölhisar, Burdur | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Göynük, Bolu | K1 | 54 | | | |
| Güdül, Ankara | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Gürpınar, Van | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Halfeti, Şanlıurfa | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Havran, Balıkesir | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Hazro, Diyarbakır | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Hendek, Sakarya | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Hilvan, Şanlıurfa | K1 | 42 | | | |
| İpsala, Edirne | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Kalecik, Ankara | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Karacasu, Aydın | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Karaisali, Adana | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Karakoçan, Elazığ | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Karşıyaka, Izmir | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Kaş, Antalya | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Keles, Bursa | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Kıbrıscık, Blu | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Kınık, Izmir | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Kızıltepe, Mardin | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Kumluca, Antalya | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Mengen, Bolu | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Of, Trabzon | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Ovacık | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Pazaryeri, Bilecik | K1 | 46 | | | |
| Pınarhisar, Kırklareli | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Saimbeyli, Adana | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Samandağ, Hatay | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Saray, Tekirdağ | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Sarıgöl, Manisa | K1 | 44 | | | |
| Sarıkaya, Yozgat | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Sarıoğlan, Kayseri | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Sarız, Kayseri | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Selim, Kars | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Silopi, Şırnak | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Silvan, Diyarbakır | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Söğüt, Bilecik | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Sulakyurt, Kırıkkale | K1 | 44 | | | |
| Susuz, Kars | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Şabanözü, Çankırı | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Şarköy, Tekirdağ | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Şefaatli, Yozgat | K1 | 44 | | | |
| Tomarza, Kayseri | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Tufanbeyli, Adana | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Ulubey, Uşak | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Urla, Izmir | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Uzunköprü, Edirne | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Vize, Kırklareli | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Yahyalı, Kayseri | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Yayladağı, Hatay | K1 | 40 | | | |
| Yenipazar, Aydın | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Yenişehir, Bursa | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Yeşilhisar, Kayseri | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Yumurtalık, Adana | K1 | 42 | | | |
| Total Type K1 | Total Type K1 | 3,553 | | | |

### Type L and M

| Province | Place | Type | Capacity |
| Ankara | Ankara | L | 1,000 |
| Ankara | Ankara | L | 1,000 |
| Antalya | Alanya | L | 1,000 |
| Antalya | Antalya | L | 1,000 |
| Çorum | Çorum | L | 1,000 |
| Istanbul | Maltepe | L1 | 1,000 |
| Istanbul | Maltepe | L2 | 1,000 |
| Istanbul | Maltepe | L3 | 1,000 |
| Istanbul | Silivri | L3 | 1,000 |
| Istanbul | Silivri | L4 | 1,000 |
| Istanbul | Silivri | L5 | 1,000 |
| Istanbul | Silivri | L6 | 1,000 |
| Istanbul | Silivri | L7 | 1,000 |
| Istanbul | Silivri | L8 | 1,000 |
| Rize | Rize | L | 386 |
| Sakarya | Adapazarı | L | 698 |
| Total Type L | Total Type L | | 15,084 |
| Province | Place | Type | Capacity |
| Adana | Ceyhan | M | 466 |
| Adana | Kozan | M | 395 |
| Adana | Pozantı | M | 282 |
| Amasya | Zile | M | 394 |
| Ağrı | Ağrı | M | 312 |
| Balıkesir | Bandırma | M | 468 |
| Batman | Batman | M | 362 |
| Bayburt | Bayburt | M | 294 |
| Bilecik | Bilecik | M | 416 |
| Bingöl | Bingöl | M | 332 |
| Hatay | İskenderun | M | 430 |
| Izmir | Bergama | M | 330 |
| Izmir | Ödemiş | M | 400 |
| Karaman | Ermenek | M | 300 |
| Karaman | Karaman | M | 324 |
| Kastamonu | İnebolu | M | 406 |
| Kocaeli | Gebze | M | 354 |
| Manisa | Alaşehir | M | 470 |
| Mardin | Midyat | M | 348 |
| Mersin | Silifke | M | 404 |
| Ordu | Ünye | M | 362 |
| Samsun | Vezirköprü | M | 398 |
| Van | Van | M | 500 |
| Zonguldak | Zonguldak | M | 360 |
| Total Type M | Total Type M | 9,107 |

### Type H and T

| Name/Place | Type | Capacity | Name/Place | Type | Capacity |
| Bursa | H | 740 | Bakırköy Metris 1 | T | 1,000 |
| Erzurum | H | 740 | Bakırköy Metris 2 | T | 1,000 |
| Eskişehir | H | 624 | Ümraniye | T | 1,000 |
| Gaziantep | H | 511 | Erzurum/Oltu | T | 400 |
| Kartal | H | 610 | Total Type T | Total Type T | 3,400 |
| Total Type H | Total Type H | 3,225 | | | |

## Closed and open prisons

| Name/Place | Type | Capacity | Name/Place | Type | Capacity |
| Aksaray | closed | 228 | Adıyaman | open (independent) | 300 |
| Artvin | closed | 120 | Afyonkarahisar | open (independent) | 192 |
| Balıkesir | closed | 274 | Ankara | open (independent) | 310 |
| Bartın | closed | 356 | Ayaş | open (independent) | 300 |
| Bolu | closed | 148 | Bozüyük | open (independent) | 160 |
| Boyabat | closed | 60 | Ceyhan | open (independent) | 200 |
| Dinar | closed | 80 | Çanakkale | open (independent) | 300 |
| Edirne | closed | 500 | Dalaman | open (independent) | 280 |
| Elmadağ | closed | 70 | Edirne | open (independent) | 240 |
| Erzincan | closed | 150 | Erciş | open (independent) | 260 |
| Gerede | closed | 30 | Erzurum | open (independent) | 210 |
| Hakkâri | closed | 192 | Eskipazar | open (independent) | 100 |
| İmralı prison | closed | 1 | Eskişehir | open (independent) | 250 |
| İzmir | closed | 2031 | Foça, Izmir | open (independent) | 350 |
| Kars | closed | 200 | Gemlik | open (independent) | 182 |
| Kayseri | closed | 700 | İskilip | open (independent) | 142 |
| Keskin | closed | 125 | Kalecik | open (independent) | 70 |
| Milas | closed | 70 | Kırıkhan | open (independent) | 100 |
| Mudurnu | closed | 32 | Kırşehir | open (independent) | 300 |
| Paşakapısı | closed | 350 | Konya | open (independent) | 160 |
| Şırnak | closed | 32 | Maltepe, Istanbul | open (independent) | 444 |
| Tekirdağ | closed | 320 | Niğde | open (independent) | 300 |
| Tokat | closed | 208 | Sarayköy | open (independent) | 80 |
| | | | Siirt | open (independent) | 250 |
| | | | Sincan | open (independent) | 240 |
| | | | Sivas | open (independent) | 235 |
| | | | Silivri, Istanbul | open (independent) | 400 |
| | | | Pınarbaşı | open (independent) | 50 |
| | | | Anamur | hired | 30 |
| Sum | | 6277 | Sum | | 6,435 |

## Women, children and juveniles

       Name/Place Type Capacity KarataşWomen (closed)144 AnkaraWomen (closed)352 Bakırköy, IstanbulWomen (closed)912 DenizliWomen (open)350 AnkaraChildren and Juveniles324 Maltepe, IstanbulChildren and Juveniles950 İncesuChildren (closed)60 AnkaraEducational Centre108 ElazığEducational Centre120 İzmirEducational Centre132 Sum3,452

## Explanatory note

The lists were created using a table of the General Directorate for Penal and Arrest Centres (Adalet Bakanlığı Ceza ve Tevkifevleri Genel Müdürlüğü) as part of the Ministry of Justice in Turkey. The lists can be downloaded as an excel-file. It reflects the situation as of 1 December 2008. For the locations neither the districts nor the provinces were mentioned. In addition the General Directorate for Penal and Arrest Centres presents a total of 384 prisons (omitting prisons that have no separate administration) having a total capacity to accommodate 98,238 prisoners.