YÖYLER AND OTHERS v. TURKEY
Doc ref: 10783/07, 13378/07, 19535/07, 51508/08, 51512/08, 6810/09, 24067/09, 31884/09, 32586/09, 32594/09, 3... • ECHR ID: 001-150805
Document date: December 16, 2014
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SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no . 10783/07 Ziri YÖYLER and others against Turkey and 46 other applications (see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights ( Second Section ), sitting on 16 December 2014 as a Chamber composed of:
Guido Raimondi , President, Işıl Karakaş , Nebojša Vučinić , Helen Keller , Paul Lemmens , Egidijus Kūris , Robert Spano , judges,
and Stanley Naismith , Section Registrar ,
Having regard to the above applications, listed in the appendix ,
Having deliberated, decides as follows :
THE FACTS
1 . A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
A. The circumstances of the case
2 . The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.
3 . On various dates, the applicants initiated actions before various civil courts or civil proceedings were brought against them before the civil courts. Certain procedures lasted several years, and some are still pending before the domestic courts.
B. Relevant domestic law
4 . A description of the relevant domestic law may be found in Turgut and Others v. Turkey (( dec. ), no. 4860/09, §§ 19-26, 26 March 2013 ) .
COMPLAINT S
5 . The applicants complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention that the proceedings before the national courts had not been concluded within a reasonable time .
6 . Some of the applicants alleged that there had been a violation of Article 13 of the Convention in that there was no effective remedy under Turkish law.
7 . All the applicants raised additional complaints with reference to various Articles of the Convention and its Protocols.
THE LAW
A. Alleged violation of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
8 . The applicants complained that the length of the proceedings had been incompatible with the “reasonable time” requirement, laid down in Article 6 § 1 of the Convention, which reads as follows:
“In the determination of his civil rights and obligations ..., everyone is entitled to a ... hearing within a reasonable time by a ... tribunal...”
9 . The Court observes that the applicants asserted that the length of the proceedings had been incompatible with the principle of “reasonable time” requirement in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention. The Court found in Turgut and Others (cited above, §§ 8 and 60) that the Compensation Commission established by Law no. 6384, insofar as it is a priori accessible and capable of offering reasonable prospects of redress for complaints concerning the length of proceedings, constituted a remedy which applicants were required to exhaust for the purposes of Article 35 § 1 of the Convention. Accordingly, the applicants should avail themselves of the new remedy offered by Law no. 6384 (see also Haçiko ğ lu and others v. Turkey ( ( dec. ) no. 21786/04 , 8 April 2014 ).
10 . It follows that these complaints must be rejected under Article 35 §§ 1 and 4 of the Convention for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies.
B. Alleged violation of Article 13 of the Convention
11 . Some of the applicants complained that there was no effective remedy under Turkish law. They relied, in this regard, on Article 13 of the Convention, which provides:
Loading citations...“Everyone whose rights and freedoms as set forth in this Convention are violated shall have an effective remedy before a national authority notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity.”
12 . The Court recalls that it has also held that the Compensation Commission established by Law n o. 6384 provides for a n effective remedy within the meaning of Article 13 of the Convention for applicants to complain about the length of proceedings for the purposes of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention relating to all applications pending before the Court, not yet communicated to the respondent Government, submitted before 23 September 2012 ( Turgut and Others (cited above, § 59) ) .
13 . It follows that this part of the application is manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 (a) and 4 of the Convention.
C. Other alleged violations of various Articles of the Convention and its Protocols
14 . The applicants invoked various articles of the Convention and its Protocols.
15 . The Court considers that it is not at this stage able to determine whether these complaints should be communicated to the Government in accordance with Rule 54 § 2 (b) of the Rules of Court, and adjourns their examination .
For these reasons, the Court unanimously
Declares the complaints concerning the length of the proceedings and the lack of an effective remedy for undue length of proceedings inadmissible;
Decides to adjourn the examination of the remainder of the application .
Stanley Naismith Guido Raimondi Registrar President
Appe ndix
No
Application No
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Represented by
10783/07
02/03/2007
Ziri YÖYLER
02/04/1946
MuÅŸ
Nazl ı DERE
01/04/1954
Kocaeli
Refika GÃœVEN
27/05/1950
MuÅŸ
Hazime DAÅž
02/01/1956
MuÅŸ
Kerim YILDIZ
13378/07
22/03/2007
Muhsin GÖLBAŞ
Bursa
Nalan BENER
19535/07
03/05/2007
Mustafa Volkan LÜLÜ
02/01/1957
Antalya
Ali Noyan LÜLÜ
12/12/1953
Yonca Rahime GÄ°RÄ°TLÄ°
21/06/1956
Demet DOLZ
01/01/1959
Hatice Ayten LÜLÜ
14/05/1928
Salih EFE
51508/08
22/09/2008
Fatih TAÅž
07/05/1979
Ä°stanbul
Ä°nan AKMEÅžE
51512/08
24/09/2008
Fatih TAÅž
07/05/1979
Ä°stanbul
Ä°nan AKMEÅžE
6810/09
Fatih TAÅž
07/05/1979
Ä°stanbul
Ä°nan AKMEÅžE
24067/09
24/03/2009
Bedi YAÅžAR
01/01/1936
Mersin
Müzeyyen YILMAZ
04/01/1963
Mersin
Mithat YAÅžAR
01/06/1964
Mersin
Melahat ÇELİK
13/10/1966
Mersin
Kayhan YAÅžAR
02/09/1970
Mersin
Belk ı s YAŞAR
05/10/1967
Mersin
Metin YAÅžAR
02/10/1960
Mersin
Ferda İRİŞİK
31884/09
23/05/2009
Åžemsi KAYA
01/01/1939
Ä°stanbul
Murat HAZÄ°NEDAR
32586/09
10/06/2009
Mihriye CANTÃœRK
17/12/1954
Ü rg ü p / Nev ş ehir
Ferda İRİŞİK
32594/09
10/06/2009
Metin GÃœLER
15/02/1969
Mersin
Ferda İRİŞİK
33495/09
29/05/2009
Fatih TAÅž
07/05/1979
Ä°stanbul
Ä°nan AKMEÅžE
33748/09
11/06/2009
Hüseyin ATAY
01/04/1965
Mardin
Nihad ATAY
08/08/1968
Hidayet ATAY
10/06/1975
Fatma ATAY
01/01/1955
Mardin
Abdullah ATAY
01/09/1975
Mardin
Nurullah ATAY
01/09/1980
Mardin
Emrullah ATAY
01/09/1980
Mardin
Muazzez Ö ZDEM İ R
01/10/1982
Mardin
Medine ATAY
01/01/1985
Mardin
Mehmet ATAY
01/03/1987
Mardin
Feride ATAY
20/02/1989
Mardin
Åžeyhmus TAÅžK I N
67385/09
16/12/2009
Cemile KAYA
28/02/1957
Tunceli
Akın KAYA
10/03/1981
Tunceli
Ä°brahim KAYA
10/11/1982
Tunceli
Cemal KAYA
05/11/1986
Tunceli
Deniz KAYA
15/02/1975
Elaz ı ğ
Bar ı ş YILDIRIM
3801/10
25/12/2009
Güler ÇELİK
01/01/1972
Bing ö l
Fırat AYD I NKAYA
7417/10
20/01/2010
Ä°brahim OÄžUZ
01/01/1929
Gaziantep
Mustafa TÃœRKMEN
10797/10
08/02/2010
Işıl SAR I KAMIŞ
04/03/1986
Ä° stanbul
Mehmet ERBÄ°L
10985/10
10/02/2010
Recep TOKUÇ
17/07/1976
K ü tahya
13874/10
17/02/2010
Vahit SEVÄ°M
11/01/1970
Ä°stanbul
Mehmet Hanifi ÖNCEL
01/01/1974
Ä°stanbul
Ä°nan AKMEÅžE
13992/10
29/01/2010
Ãœlger YAÅžAR
02/03/1943
Gaziantep
Mustafa TÃœRKMEN
17867/10
14/12/2009
Mustafa ERSÄ°N
26/09/1925
Ä°stanbul
Mehmet Basri ERSÄ°N
06/05/1929
Tekirda ÄŸ
Ziya GÃœLBARAN
22/08/1956
Ä°stanbul
Murat GÃœLBARAN
19/05/1962
Ä°stanbul
Deniz GÃœLBARAN
15/08/1958
Ä°stanbul
Ahmet Hayri UÄžUR
22/02/1946
Ä°stanbul
Turgan GÃœRMEN
23702/10
05/04/2010
Mehmet Ali VARIÅž
10/01/1979
Ä°stanbul
Fazıl Ahmet TAMER
30511/10
03/05/2010
Sefer BOZACI
09/02/1979
Bartın
33528/10
01/06/2010
Fatih TAÅž
07/05/1979
Ä°stanbul
Ä°nan AKMEÅžE
39389/10
17/05/2010
Erdal ÇERİ
10/01/1974
Ä°stanbul
Haluk KÖKSOY
41764/10
07/08/2010
Fatma DEMÄ°R
01/01/1949
Osmaniye
Adil AKTAY
47010/10
12/07/2010
Turabi KARTAL
01/01/1978
Ä°stanbul
Metin FÄ°LORÄ°NAL I
70258/10
24/09/2010
TEMKAÅž YERLÄ° ÃœRÃœNLER Ä°THALAT Ä°HRACAT SANAYÄ° VE TÄ°CARET A. Åž.
Ä°stanbul
Melahat ERDAL
31812/11
18/02/2011
MLG REKLAM PRODÜKSİYON ORGANİZASYON MÜŞAVİRLİK VE DIŞ TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ
Ankara
Emrah GENÇ
32043/11
23/09/2009
Ramazan ORAL
11/03/1985
Mersin
Ä°brahim Halil YAHLÄ°
08/03/1984
Ä°stanbul
Enver TEKÄ°N
01/01/1983
Bursa
Ä°nan AKMEÅžE
32445/11
03/03/2011
Zeynep ERGÜN SÖZEN
01/03/1939
Samsun
Erhan BORA
32446/11
03/03/2011
Emine KUŞ SÖZEN
16/04/1949
Samsun
Erhan BORA
49851/11
13/06/2011
DoÄŸan ERDOÄžAN
21/07/1986
Amasya
Yasin YILDIZ
77839/11
28/11/2011
Kadir KORKUT
01/01/1973
Antalya
Ä°sa Emre KORKUT
14/07/2001
Antalya
Özlem KORKUT
01/12/1974
Antalya
Nurullah AKSARI
78510/11
11/11/2011
Yasemin OKUYUCU
04/02/1972
Ä°stanbul
Sevgi EPÇELİ ARSLAN
78807/11
10/11/2011
Faruk MENEKÅžE
01/03/1973
Diyarbakır
Serkan AKBAÅž
1320/12
05/12/2011
Adem ORAN
12/10/1979
Ä°stanbul
Fatma ÖZCAN
10/06/1977
Ä°stanbul
Emre ORAN
25/04/1985
Ä°stanbul
Ä°smail ORAN
08/09/1956
Ä°stanbul
Mustafa BOSTANOÄžLU
22537/12
01/03/2012
Sadi ÇİFTÇİ
01/01/1974
Ä°stanbul
Mufide ÇİFTÇİ
01/01/1980
Ä°stanbul
Fırat AYD I NKAYA
27300/12
16/04/2012
Kenan TANDOÄžAN
03/01/1976
Ä°stanbul
Mehmet UZUNCAOK
47232/12
06/04/2012
Ali GÃœRBÃœZ
01/01/1971
Köln
Hasan BAYAR
01/01/1982
Bern
Ä°nan AKMEÅžE
59884/12
09/07/2012
Ali ÇANAKÇI
01/01/1984
Edirne
Fırat AYD I NKAYA
61984/12
24/07/2012
Fatma YAÄžLI
10/08/1959
Ordu
Ä°sa YAÄžLI
10/06/1977
Ordu
Musa YAÄžLI
10/06/1979
Antalya
Eyüp YAĞLI
01/01/1990
Ordu
Fatma ŞÜKÜROĞLU
72778/12
03/09/2012
Bayram BAYRAK Ç I
01/07/1934
Ankara
Ekrem BAYRAKÇI
10/01/1950
Ankara
Mustafa BAYRAKÇI
25/03/1969
Ankara
Okan YILMAZYURT
77747/12
08/09/2012
Nesim YILMAZ
28/04/1947
Van
Ä°brahim YILMAZ
01/01/1978
Van
Mevl ü de YILMAZ
01/01/1987
Van
Hüsna YILMAZ
01/01/1948
Van
DoÄŸan YILMAZ
01/01/1991
Van
Halil YILMAZ
01/01/1990
Van
Murat TÄ°MUR
3009/13
15/11/2012
Zeki AYTÄ°MUR
12/04/1952
Kocaeli
Feryat AYTÄ°MUR
01/04/1974
Istanbul
Şengül AYTİMUR
26/04/1958
Kocaeli
Gönül AYTİMUR
02/09/1968
Kocaeli
Hatice AYTÄ°MUR
01/01/1977
Kocaeli
Ali AYTÄ°MUR
20/08/1978
Kocaeli
Abdülkadir AYTİMUR
01/07/1982
Kocaeli
Huriye AYTÄ°MUR
10/10/1985
Kocaeli
Ayşegül AYTİMUR
10/10/1987
Kocaeli
Hakan AYTÄ°MUR
01/06/1989
Kocaeli
Yadigar AYTÄ°MUR
01/06/1991
Kocaeli
Fatih YEMEN
7277/13
05/12/2012
Nizamettin KARAALANL I
01/06/1935
Ä°zmir
13351/13
11/01/2013
Muzaffer DOÄžAN
01/01/1970
Antalya
17133/13
21/09/2012
Hatice DÄ°LEK
15/11/1990
Ä°stanbul
Fırat AYD I NKAYA