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| Turkey coup: Release for 38,000 prisoners jailed before coup | Turkey coup: Release for 38,000 prisoners jailed before coup |
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| Turkey is to release conditionally 38,000 prisoners jailed before last month's failed coup, while its jails are crowded with new detainees. | Turkey is to release conditionally 38,000 prisoners jailed before last month's failed coup, while its jails are crowded with new detainees. |
| Some 23,000 people have been detained or arrested since the July coup, although the government has not said its move is to free up space for them. | Some 23,000 people have been detained or arrested since the July coup, although the government has not said its move is to free up space for them. |
| The justice minister said those who had served half their sentence, rather than two-thirds, would be eligible. | The justice minister said those who had served half their sentence, rather than two-thirds, would be eligible. |
| Crimes such as murder and sex abuse would be excluded, he said. | Crimes such as murder and sex abuse would be excluded, he said. |
| It is clear that the post-coup clampdown has stretched the prison service to breaking point and extra capacity is urgently needed, the BBC's Mark Lowen reports from Istanbul. | It is clear that the post-coup clampdown has stretched the prison service to breaking point and extra capacity is urgently needed, the BBC's Mark Lowen reports from Istanbul. |
| Turkey's prison population has trebled since 2002, when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party came to power, he notes. | Turkey's prison population has trebled since 2002, when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party came to power, he notes. |
| Some 187,000 people were being held in Turkey's 364 prisons this year, according to figures published in March by Turkey's justice ministry (in Turkish). |