Metris Prison

Metris Penitentiary

location of district of Esenler, in which the prison is located, within Istanbul
Location Esenler, Istanbul
Coordinates 41°04′44″N 28°52′31″E / 41.07875°N 28.87524°E / 41.07875; 28.87524Coordinates: 41°04′44″N 28°52′31″E / 41.07875°N 28.87524°E / 41.07875; 28.87524
Status Operational
Security class T-type
Opened 1981
Managed by Directorate General of Penitentiaries, Ministry of Justice
Director Zeki Uzun
Street address Eskiedirne Asfaltı Üzeri 419
City Istanbul
ZIP code 34200
Country Turkey
Website www.metristcik.adalet.gov.tr/index.html

Metris Prison (Turkish: Metris Cezaevi), or officially Metris Closed Penitentiary (Turkish: Metris Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu) is a state correctional institution in the Esenler district of Istanbul Province in Turkey. The prison complex consists of two T-type buildings. The current prison director is Zeki Uzun.[1]

Location

The Metris prison is situated in the Havaalanı neighborhood on the Eskiedirne Asfaltı (literally: Old Edirne Road).[2] The complex is built on 32,000 m2 (340,000 sq ft) ground covering an area of 50,000 m2 (540,000 sq ft).[2]

History

The facility was established by the Ministry of National Defence and opened on April 17, 1981, for use as the Metris Military Prison during the martial law era following the 1980 coup d'état.[2] It was transferred to the Ministry of Justice on August 1, 1988.[2] Since then, it serves as the Metris Closed Penitentiary subordinated to the Bakırköy District Court.[2] On March 18, 2007, the second T-type prison building entered service, and all detainees and convicts of the closed H-type prison were transferred to the new building.[2] Another T-type prison building, the Prison #1, opened on May 31, 2008.[2]

Mass prison break

Twenty-nine inmates escaped from the prison in the early hours of March 25, 1988, as it was still being administered by the military.[3] Of the escapees, eleven were sentenced to the death penalty and eight to life imprisonment.[3] They were all members of illegal extreme left-wing organizations, such as 19 members of the armed wing of the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist (TİKKO) – considered as extremely dangerous – three members of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey (TDKP/HK), one member of the Turkish Liberation Front (THKP/C), one member of the Revolutionary Left (Dev-Sol), and five members of the Revolutionary Path (Dev-Yol).[3]

The mass prison break took place through a 60 m (200 ft)-long secret tunnel, which was built in six months.[3] The tunnel was dug up manually with spoons, and the extracted soil was dumped into the sewage system.[3]

Notable inmates

References

  1. ↑ "Kurum Müdürünün Mesajı" (in Turkish). Metris 1 Nolu T Tipi kapalı Ceza İnfas Kurumu. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Kurumumuz Hakkında Genel Bilgiler" (in Turkish). Metris 1 Nolu T Tipi kapalı Ceza İnfas Kurumu. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "29 terörist, Metris Askeri Cezaevi'nden tünel kazıp kaçtı". Geçmiş Gazete Hürriyet (in Turkish). 1988-03-26. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  4. ↑ "Metris’te 5 Vakit Namaza Başladı". Türkiye Spor Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Metris Cezaevinde Yatan Ünlüler Başlarını Kuran'dan Kaldırmıyor". Silvan Mücadele (in Turkish). 2011-10-14. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  6. ↑ "Metris Cezaevi-Cezaevıne Giren Ünlüler". Not Denizi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  7. ↑ "Turkish PM: Punish fixers in scandal". ESPN Soccer. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  8. ↑ "Aziz Yıldırım 365 gün sonra serbest kaldı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  9. ↑ Aytalar, Ardıç & Asım Güneş (2004-01-07). "Hürriyet almaya çıktı Hürriyet’e yakalandı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-03-03.
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