Directorate General of Penitentiaries, Ministry of Justice
Marmara Prison
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Location of Marmara Prison in Istanbul province.
A view of Silivri Prison from outside.
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. Established in 2008, it is the country's most modern and Europe's largest penal facility.[1][2]
As of June 5, 2008, a total of 96,760 defendants and convicts were detained in Turkey. 11,148 of them were held in ten correctional facilities of closed and open type within Istanbul Province. Following the opening of Silivri Prison, which has a capacity of nearly 11,000 inmates, the number of inmates in all Istanbul's prisons reached 15,910.[3]
The prison complex is located 9 km (5.6 mi) west of Silivri on the highway E84, which connects the highway D.100 to the European Motorway O-3 (E80).
In 2022, the prison's name was changed to Marmara Prison.[4]
^Sarıboğa, Veli (2008-05-17). "Ergenekon davası Silivri'de görülecek". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 2010-01-30.
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^"Bayrampaşa Cezaevindeki hükümlü ve tutukluların nakline başlandı" (in Turkish). Ministry of Justice-Press and Public Relations. Archived from the original on 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
^"Adalet Bakanlığı açıkladı: Silivri Cezaevi'nin ismi değişti". cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-09-17.
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