The main objective of the 2018 visit was to examine the treatment and living conditions of patients in psychiatric establishments and residents in social welfare institutions. The delegation visited five psychiatric establishments, including Adana, Elazığ and Manisa Mental Health Hospitals, and three social care centres in Adana, Ankara and Mersin. The Committee noted that Türkiye lacked a specific mental health law, giving rise to a number of deficiencies in the country’s mental health system, particularly as regards safeguards in the context of involuntary hospitalisation, consent to treatment and the use of means of restraint. The CPT was also critical of the fact that many residents who were classified as “voluntary” in the social care centres visited appeared to be de facto deprived of their liberty, and consequently could not benefit from the safeguards provided for by law for involuntary residents.

The main goal of the 2022 visit was to review the treatment and conditions of detention of foreign nationals held under immigration legislation. The delegation visited four removal centres in Edirne, Gaziantep, Silivri and Tuzla, two police temporary reception facilities in Istanbul, and the holding facilities for foreign nationals in the transit zone of Istanbul Airport. The Committee positively noted the measures taken to modernise the physical infrastructure used for immigration detention and to ensure that the administrative detention of foreign nationals is used as a last resort. The CPT reiterated its recommendation to improve the legal safeguards and ensure the effective access to a lawyer of immigration detainees, including through the provision of legal aid.

On the occasion of the 2022 visit, the CPT delegation also went to Imralı F-type High-Security Prison, in order to examine the treatment and conditions of detention of all (four) prisoners held in the establishment.

The main findings and conclusions of the CPT are set out in the executive summaries of the two reports.

In their responses, the Turkish authorities provide detailed information on the measures taken or envisaged to implement the CPT's recommendations. The Committee is pursuing its dialogue with the Turkish authorities on the issues raised in the reports.

The CPT reports and the responses of the Turkish authorities have been made public at the request of the Turkish Government.

• Read the report in English (2018, 2022) 
• Read the executive summary in Turkish (2018, 2022) 
• Read the executive summary in English (2018, 2022) 
• Read the executive summary in French (2018, 2022) 
• Read the response of the authorities in English (2018, 2022) 
• Read the visit’s newsflash (2018, 2022) 
• The CPT and Türkiye