Ulucanlar Prison Museum

Ulucanlar Cezaevi Müzesi

This bleak place was built as a barracks then converted to a prison in 1925. It held almost 800, in a mix of semi-open and maximum security wings. It was a brutal instrument of political repression, with its inmates a long roll-call of literati and activists, torture was common, and 19 were hanged in the prison yard mostly for being Marxist. There was a series of riots in 1999. It closed in 2006 and was converted into a museum in 2011.

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Address

Ulucanlar Cd 63

Getting there

Bus 308, 324, 354, 369 to Plevne Cd; 1 km north of Dikimevi

Hours

Tue-Sun 10:00-16:00

Price

Adult 60 TL