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Turkey - OPCAT Situation

Updated 08.05.2013

Turkey ratified the OPCAT in 2011 and no decision has been made yet on the format and structure of the future National Preventive Mechanism. 

The SPT member Malcolm Evans is the SPT Focal Point for Turkey.

Opcat status
OPCAT Ratification September 27, 2011
UNCAT Ratification August 2, 1988
NPM Designated

Under consideration

Information
Population 76 805 524
Area (sq km) 780 580
Number of prisons 458
Prison population 118 654
Quick links

CAT: Concluding Observations (November 2010)

UPR: Report of the Working Group (May 2010)

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Report (February 2007)

CPT: Report (January 2010)

Commissioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe): Report (June-July 2009)