Aşkale, Erzurum

Erzurum 1 Removal Centre (Erzurum Geri Gönderme Merkezi) (also Aşkale Deportation Centre)

Turkey

Status

In use

2024

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of the Interior

Management: Governmental Directorate General for Migration Management (Governmental)

Detains: Disabled persons, Adult women

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
1500
1157

30 December 2018

YES

2018

Turkey

17,569

Average Daily Migrant Detainee Population

122,302

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Erzurum 1 Removal Centre (Erzurum Geri Gönderme Merkezi) (also Aşkale Deportation Centre)
Location

Country: Turkey

City & Region: Aşkale, Erzurum, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 39.56406, 40.35385

Contact Information
İstasyon Mahallesi Tugay Caddesi Aşkale /Erzurum
0090 442 415 25 50
0090 442 415 50 20

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
In use
2021
Last documented use
2018
In use
2015
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2015
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Erzurum Geri Gönderme Merkezi,
2015
Management
Management
Type
Year
Governmental Directorate General for Migration Management
Governmental
2015
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2015

DETAINEES

Demographics

Disabled persons

2018

Adult women

2018

Adult men

2015

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1500

2018
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
1157
30 December 2018

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2015

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Showers and toilets

2018

Ventilation

2018

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2015

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Yes

2015

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2018

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Activities/Education for Children

Yes

2024

HEALTH

Pre-departure health evaluation

Yes

2024

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2015
Family Access

No

2015

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Limited

2024
Access to Personal Cell Phones

No

2024