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Turkey
Capital city —
Ankara
Country population
80,670,000
i
2017
/ ICPR
Type of government
Presidential regime
Human Development Index
0.767
71/188
i
2015
/
United Nations Development Programme
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.3
i
2016
/
United Nations Development Program
Total number of prisoners
229,790
In 2005 the priso…
Prison density
111 %
i
2017
/ ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes
The National Inst…
Number and percentage of female prisone…
4.3 %
i
2017
/
ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1 %
Untried prisoners
38.6 %
i
2017
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, abolished since May 7, 2004
The reintroductio…
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