Pehlivanköy Removal Centre

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Status

Center status Show sources

Status	Observation date
Last documented use	2016
Hannah Lucinda Smith and David Charter, High-security Turkish camp is a far cry from German haven, The Times, 5 April 2016

Typology

GDP facility typology Show sources

Category Filter	Type	Observation date
Administrative	Immigration detention centre	2016
Hannah Lucinda Smith and David Charter, High-security Turkish camp is a far cry from German haven, The Times, 5 April 2016

Operating Period

Operating period Show sources

Year of Entry	Year Ceased
2016
Hannah Lucinda Smith and David Charter, High-security Turkish camp is a far cry from German haven, The Times, 5 April 2016

City and region

Pehlivankoy, Kirklareli province, Marmara region

Management and Services

Management Show sources

Name	Type	Observation date
Directorate General for Migration Management	Governmental	2016
Aşkın, TORTURE CONTINUES FROM PEHLİVANKÖY TO İZMİR IŞIKKENT DEPORTATION CENTER,Halklarin Köprüsü

Security

Security Regime Show sources

Security Level	Observation date
Secure	2016
Hannah Lucinda Smith and David Charter, High-security Turkish camp is a far cry from German haven, The Times, 5 April 2016

Detention timeframe

Demographics

Demographics Show sources

Name	Observation date
Adult men	2016
Council of Europe, “Report of the Fact-Finding Mission to Turkey by Ambassador Tomáš Boček, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees, 30 May-4 June 2016”, 10 August 2016, https://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/resources/sg_inf201629_srsg_migration_refugees_fact-finding_mission_final_e.pdf
Families	2016
Council of Europe, “Report of the Fact-Finding Mission to Turkey by Ambassador Tomáš Boček, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees, 30 May-4 June 2016”, 10 August 2016, https://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/resources/sg_inf201629_srsg_migration_refugees_fact-finding_mission_final_e.pdf
Accompanied minors	2016
Council of Europe, “Report of the Fact-Finding Mission to Turkey by Ambassador Tomáš Boček, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees, 30 May-4 June 2016”, 10 August 2016, https://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/resources/sg_inf201629_srsg_migration_refugees_fact-finding_mission_final_e.pdf
Adult women	2016
Council of Europe, “Report of the Fact-Finding Mission to Turkey by Ambassador Tomáš Boček, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees, 30 May-4 June 2016”, 10 August 2016, https://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/resources/sg_inf201629_srsg_migration_refugees_fact-finding_mission_final_e.pdf

Categories of detainees

Segregation

Size and population

Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility) Show sources

Type	Capacity	Observation date
	750	2016
Hannah Lucinda Smith and David Charter, High-security Turkish camp is a far cry from German haven, The Times, 5 April 2016

Conditions

Personnel

Mistreatment complaints Show sources

Mistreatment Complaints	Observation date
Yes	2016
Council of Europe, “Report of the Fact-Finding Mission to Turkey by Ambassador Tomáš Boček, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees, 30 May-4 June 2016”, 10 August 2016, https://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/resources/sg_inf201629_srsg_migration_refugees_fact-finding_mission_final_e.pdf

Access

Deaths

Custodial authority

Ownership

Budgetary information

Area of authority