Status
UNCAT ratification date
2 August 1988
OPCAT ratification date
27 September 2011
NPM designated
NPM Type
National Human Rights Commission
NPM Legal Framework
Cabinet Decree (28 January 2014)
National Human Rights Institution's Law N° 6332 (21 June 2012) - English unofficial translation
Türkiye ratified the OPCAT in 2011 and in January 2014 the government decided to designate the recently established National Human Rights Institution of Türkiye as National Preventive Mechanism by means of a cabinet decree published in the Official Gazette on 28 January 2014.
The SPT visited Türkiye in October 2015. The visit report was made public in 2023.
The SPT member who is the SPT Focal Point for Türkiye is available here.