The main objective of the visit was to examine the treatment and safeguards afforded to persons deprived of their liberty by the police, particularly in the context of the public demonstrations held since 19 March 2025.

To this end, the delegation visited the main police detention facilities in Ankara and Istanbul. It also carried out targeted visits to the prison campuses of Metris, Marmara and Sincan in the Istanbul and Ankara metropolitan areas, primarily to conduct interviews with persons recently placed on remand detention.

In the course of the visit, the delegation held consultations with Yılmaz Tunç, Minister of Justice and Münir Karaloğlu, Deputy Minister of Interior.

The delegation also met Enis Yavuz Yıldırım, Director General of Prisons and Detention Centres, and Ömer Urhal, Deputy Director General of Security in the Ministry of Interior, as well as other senior officials from the Ministries of Justice and the Interior.

At the end of the visit, the delegation presented its preliminary findings to the Turkish authorities.

The visit was carried out by the following CPT members:

• Alan Mitchell, President of the CPT (Head of delegation),
• Nico Hirsch,
• Therese Rytter, and
• Juan Carlos da Silva Ochoa.

They were supported by Hugh Chetwynd (Executive Secretary) and Laura Ielciu-Erel of the CPT Secretariat and assisted by two experts, Julia Kozma, lawyer (Austria) and Djordje Alempijević, professor of forensic medicine (Serbia).

The delegation visited the following establishments:

Law enforcement establishments

• Ankara Police Headquarters
  • Public Order Unit
  • Public Security Unit
• Ankara Police Anti-Terror Department
• Istanbul Police Headquarters
  • Anti-Terror Department
  • Common Detention Facility
• Istanbul Atışalanı Central Police Headquarters
• Istanbul Gayrettepe Police Directorate
  • Homicide Department
  • Fraud Department
  • Public Order Department
  • Robbery Department
  • Theft Department

Prison establishments*

• Istanbul Metris T-type Prison No. 1
• Marmara L-Type Prison No. 1
• Marmara L-Type Prison No. 3
• Marmara L-Type Prison No. 4
• Marmara L-Type Prison No. 5
• Marmara Women Closed Prison
• Ankara Sincan L-Type Prison No. 2

* Targeted visits to interview persons in remand detention