Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
There are three types of prison in Turkey: closed, semi-open, and open.A further distinction is made between ordinary closed prisons and high-security prisons. Many prisons have separate blocks (or wings) for women and some also for children (juveniles), but there are also some prisons which are exclusively for women or children.
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.
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.
In Turkey, the General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses (Turkish: Ceza ve Tevkifevleri Genel Müdürlüğü; often abbreviated as CTE) is an institution affiliated with the Ministry of Justice and responsible for controlling prisons.
Metris Prison (Turkish: Metris Cezaevi), or officially Metris Closed Penitentiary (Turkish: Metris Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu) is a state correctional institution in the Esenler district of Istanbul Province in Turkey. The prison complex consists of two T-type buildings. The current prison director is Zeki Uzun. [1]
İmralı prison is a high-security prison on the island of İmralı in the Sea of Marmara in Turkey. It holds prisoners from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and one prisoner of the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist (TKP/ML). [1] The prison facility is guarded by the military and is also monitored over satellite imagery from space. [2]
Diyarbakır Prison (Turkish: Diyarbakır Cezaevi; Kurdish: Girtîgeha Amedê) is a prison located in Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey. It was established in 1980 as an E-type prison by the Ministry of Justice .
Life imprisonment in Turkey is a legal form of punishment and the most severe form of punishment. In most cases life imprisonment replaced capital punishment.Law 4771 of 3 August 2002 abolished the death penalty for peace time and replaced capital punishment with life imprisonment for 17 provisions of the Turkish Penal Code. [1]