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

Type A

Name/Place, Province	Type	Capacity	Name/Place, Province	Type	Capacity
logan, Buaer	A	24	Araç, Kastamonu	A2	48
Bayındır, Izmir	A	44	Boğazlıyan, Yozgat	A2	40
Bulanık, Muş	A	24	Doğubeyazıt, Ağrı	A2	60
Cihanbeyli, Konya	A	32	Islahiye, Gaziantep	A2	40
Çan, Çanakkale	A	24	Kadınhanı, Konya	A2	40
Çarşamba, Samsun	A	138	Kadirli, Osmaniye	A2	40
Çaycuma, Zonguldak	A	24	Kahta, Adıyaman	A2	46
Çınar, Diyarbakır	A	24	Karadeniz Ereğli, Zonguldak	A2	40
Devrek, Zonguldak	A	24	Karasu, Sakarya	A2	40
Dörtyol, Hatay	A	54	Keşan, Edirne	A2	44
Erciş, Van	A	78	Köyceğiz, Muğla	A2	40
Erdek, Balıkesir	A	28	Malkara, Tekirdağ	A2	44
Ezine, Çanakkale	A	24	Manyas, Balıkesir	A2	40
Gökçeada, Çanakkale	A	24	Soma, Manisa	A2	42
Hassa, Hatay	A	24	Suruç, Şanlıurfa	A2	52
Karaburun, Izmir	A	28	Şarkışla, Sivas	A2	40
Karacabey, Bursa	A	36	Tosya, Kastamonu	A2	48
Kiraz, Izmir	A	24	Total Type A2		744
Pazarcık, Kahramanmaraş	A	50	Emirdağ, Afyonkarahisar	A3	66
Sındırgı, Balıkesir	A	40	Fethiye, Muğla	A3	120
Sivrihisar, Eskişehir	A	24	Gelibolu, Çanakkale	A3	60
Total Type A		792	Gerze, Sinop	A3	60
Akçakoca, Düzce	A1	24	Gürün, Sivas	A3	63
Ayvacık, Çanakkale	A1	24	Hayrabolu, Tekirdağ	A3	60
Başkale, Van	A1	24	Ilgın, Konya	A3	60
Bodrum, Muğla	A1	40	Karabük	A3	100
Demirci, Manisa	A1	24	Kemalpaşa, Izmir	A3	60
Gölcük (District), Kocaeli	A1	60	Kilis	A3	100
Hınıs, Erzurum	A1	70	Lüleburgaz, Kırklareli	A3	45
İznik, Bursa	A1	30	Merzifon, Amasya	A3	60
Kandıra, Kocaeli	A1	44	Mustafakemalpaşa, Bursa	A3	65
Karapınar, Konya	A1	24	Nizip, Gaziantep	A3	88
Kulu, Konya	A1	24	Sandıklı, Afyonkarahisar	A3	84
Kuyucak, Aydın	A1	24	Simav, Kütahya	A3	66
Patnos, Ağrı	A1	24	Siverek, Şanlıurfa	A3	134
Seferihisar, Izmir	A1	24	Söke, Aydin	A3	88
Selçuk, Izmir	A1	24	Sungurlu, Çorum	A3	98
Susurluk, Balıkesir	A1	24	Tunceli	A3	70
Total Type A1		508	Turgutlu, Manisa	A3	60
			Viranşehir, Şanlıurfa	A3	44
			Yalova	A3	80
			Total Type A3		1,731

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		1,696
Iğdır	B	100	Diyarbakır	D	688
Kaman, Kırşehir	B	44	Denizli	D	1,044
Mihalıççık, Eskişehir	B	58	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		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		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		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		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		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
		L2	1,000
		L3	1,000
	Silivri	L3	1,000
		L4	1,000
		L5	1,000
		L6	1,000
		L7	1,000
		L8	1,000
Rize	Rize	L	386
Sakarya	Adapazarı	L	698
Total Type L			15,084

Province	Place	Type	Capacity
Adana	Ceyhan	M	466
	Kozan	M	395
	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		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		3,400
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

Sum		3,452
Name/Place	Type	Capacity
Karataş	Women (closed)	144
Ankara	Women (closed)	352
Bakırköy, Istanbul	Women (closed)	912
Denizli	Women (open)	350
Ankara	Children and Juveniles	324
Maltepe, Istanbul	Children and Juveniles	950
İncesu	Children (closed)	60
Ankara	Educational Centre	108
Elazığ	Educational Centre	120
İzmir	Educational Centre	132

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.

External links

Website of the General Directorate for Penal and Arrest Centres (Turkish)

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