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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]
The prison population rate is 318, this number is per 100,000 of the national population. [10] An estimated national population of November 2018 is 81.68 million. [10] The maximum space of the prison system is 220,000 possible detainees as of November 2018. [10] As of November 2018, the occupancy level is at 118.2%.18.2% over capacity. [10]
Pages in category "Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Turkey" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Ten suspected Islamic State militants were sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday for a second time in a retrial over their role in twin bombings that killed 101 people in Turkey's capital in 2015.
Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Turkey (21 P) M. People convicted of murder by Turkey (19 P) O. Prisoners and detainees of the Ottoman Empire (5 C, 60 P) P.
There are well documented cases, where Turkish courts have sentenced whole families to life imprisonment for an honor killing. On January 13, 2009, a Turkish Court sentenced five members of the same Kurdish family to life imprisonment for the honor killing of Naile Erdas, 16, who became pregnant as a result of rape. [16]
For prisoners held by Turkey that were sentenced to life imprisonment, see Category:Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Turkey.
The prison on the island İmralı where Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdish Workers' Party PKK, is the only inmate is not exactly an F-type prison (only nine instead of 368 inmates), but it is also a high security prison. Answering a parliamentarian's request, Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin stated in August 2009 that the reconstruction of ...