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ÖZTURAN AND OTHERS v. TURKEY

Doc ref: 68103/11, 73774/14, 73793/14, 74076/14, 74194/14, 74281/14, 74304/14, 75561/14, 77066/14, 77437/14, ... • ECHR ID: 001-203524

Document date: May 26, 2020

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ÖZTURAN AND OTHERS v. TURKEY

Doc ref: 68103/11, 73774/14, 73793/14, 74076/14, 74194/14, 74281/14, 74304/14, 75561/14, 77066/14, 77437/14, ... • ECHR ID: 001-203524

Document date: May 26, 2020

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SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 68103/11 Refik ÖZTURAN against Turkey and 35 other applications (see list appended)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 26 May 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Valeriu Griţco, President, Arnfinn Bårdsen, Peeter Roosma, judges, and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

THE FACTS

1 . The details of the applicants as well the names of their respective representatives are set out in the appendix.

2 . The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent.

3 . The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.

4 . The applicants ’ lands were expropriated by the administration according to the Expropriation Act (Law no. 2942).

5 . The Civil Courts decided to register the lands in question in the administration ’ s name in the land register and determined the amounts of compensation for expropriation. The domestic courts also ordered the parties to pay each other ’ s legal fees ( avukatlık vekalet ücreti ).

6 . The domestic legislation regarding the expropriation procedure and the costs and expenses may be found in Musa Tarhan v. Turkey (no. 12055/17 , §§ 31-40, 23 October 2018).

7 . Following the Court ’ s judgment in Musa Tarhan (cited above) the Turkish Constitutional Court reviewed its practice and followed the Court ’ s approach with regard to the legal fees (see the Turkish Constitutional Court ’ s judgment in the case of Sadettin Ekiz , no. 2016/9364, 9 May 2019).

8 . Meanwhile, the Court of Cassation ’ s General Assembly of Civil Divisions ( Yargıtay Hukuk Genel Kurulu ) adopted a similar approach (no. 2019/241E., 2019/560K., 14 May 2019).

9 . As regards the depreciation of the compensation due to the inflation, in its Ali Şimşek and others (2014/2073, 6 July 2017) and Cevat Aydın (no. 2014/13886, 4 October 2017) judgments, the Turkish Constitutional Court reviewed its practice by following the Court ’ s approach in the case of Dökmeci v. Turkey (no. 74155/14, 6 December 2016).

COMPLAINTS

10 . The applicants complained under Article 6 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention about the domestic courts ’ decisions, obliging them to pay a lump sum to the opposing party in respect of lawyer ’ s fees and/or about the fact that no interest had been applied to the amount awarded by the domestic courts.

THE LAW

11 . Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.

12 . The applicants complained about the judicial practice, in the context of expropriation proceedings, to order both parties to pay a lump sum to the opposing party in respect of lawyer fees and/or about the depreciation of the expropriation compensation due to the high inflation rates.

13 . The Court notes that it has already examined similar complaints in the case of Şahiner v. Turkey ( (dec.), no. 42166/15, 11 February 2020 ) and declared the application inadmissible. The Court reiterates that a total loss below 5% does not constitute an excessive burden upsetting the fair balance to be struck between the general interest of the community and the fundamental rights of the individual (ibid, § 23). The Court sees no reason to adopt a different approach in the present cases.

In view of the above, the Court concludes that these complaints are manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to join the applications;

Declares the applications inadmissible.

Done in English and notified in writing on 25 June 2020 .

Hasan Bakırcı Valeriu Griţco Deputy Registrar President

Appendix

No.

Application no.

Case n ame

Lodged on

Applicant

Year of Birth

Place of Residence

Nationality

Represented by

68103/11

Özturan

v. Turkey

25/08/2011

Refik ÖZTURAN

1946Antalya

Turkish

Ahmet GÃœREL

73774/14

KoraÅŸ

v. Turkey

13/11/2014

Murat KORAÅž

1954Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

73793/14

Özçelik

v. Turkey

13/11/2014

Ayse ÖZÇELİ K

1940Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

74076/14

Topak

v. Turkey

20/11/2014

Mustafa TOPAK

1960Antalya

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

74194/14

Keskin

v. Turkey

20/11/2014

Mehmet KESKÄ° N

1956Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

74281/14

Göker

v. Turkey

20/11/2014

Durdane GÖKER

1973Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

74304/14

Çetiner and Others v. Turkey

13/11/2014

Gülşen ÇETİ NER

1962Karaman

Turkish

Hüseyin GÖKSU

1960Mersin

Turkish

Mümün GÖKSU

1964Mersin

Turkish

Havva GÖKSU

1935Karaman

Turkish

Sıttıka BOZCU

1954Karaman

Turkish

Mehmet GÖKSU

1969Karaman

Turkish

Hikmet GÖKSU

1969Mersin

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

75561/14

Sözen

v. Turkey

29/11/2014

Salim SÖZEN

1968Konya

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

77066/14

YiÄŸit

v. Turkey

05/12/2014

Kezziban YIÄžIT

1955Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

77437/14

Davranan v. Turkey

09/12/2014

Ali DAVRANAN

1962Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

78570/14

Toprak

v. Turkey

11/12/2014

Mustafa TOPRAK

1960Antalya

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

945/15

KoraÅŸ

v. Turkey

31/12/2014

Sultan KORAÅž

1959Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

12878/15

Gürbüz

v. Turkey

09/03/2015

Åžer i fe GÃœRBÃœZ

1934Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

13124/15

Yıldırım

v. Turkey

09/03/2015

Adil Y I LD I R I M

1955Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

18641/15

Aktepe

v. Turkey

15/04/2015

Fatma AKTEPE

1945Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

18745/15

Sözen

v. Turkey

15/04/2015

Muhsin SÖZEN

1958Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

20948/15

Karpuz

v. Turkey

25/04/2015

Huseyin KARPUZ

1954Konya

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

21017/15

Göksu

v. Turkey

25/04/2015

Mehmet GÖKSU

1931Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

22949/15

Kul

v. Turkey

04/05/2015

Mustafa KUL

1953Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

26258/15

Bozcu

v. Turkey

20/05/2015

Mitat BOZCU

1956Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

26401/15

DoÄŸan

v. Turkey

20/05/2015

Ali DOÄžAN

1958Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

26732/15

Bozdemir and Ayan v. Turkey

20/05/2015

Ä°lyas BOZDEM Ä° R

1984Karaman

Turkish

Åžerife BOZDEM Ä° R

1965Karaman

Turkish

Ramazan BOZDEMÄ° R

1985Karaman

Turkish

Zeliha AYAN

1993Konya

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

26781/15

Toksoy

v. Turkey

20/05/2015

Erkan TOKSOY

1970Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

27217/15

Asar

v. Turkey

01/06/2015

Mehmet ASAR

1944Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

27249/15

Bardak

v. Turkey

01/06/2015

Ahmet BARDAK

1934Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

27254/15

v. Turkey

01/06/2015

Ali AY

1984Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

27818/15

Yıldırım

v. Turkey

01/06/2015

Adil Y ILDIRIM

1955Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

30764/15

Özçelik

v. Turkey

10/06/2015

Birol ÖZÇELİ K

1973Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

30765/15

Seyrandibi v. Turkey

10/06/2015

Hasan SEYRAND Ä°BÄ°

1977Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

31628/15

Sözen

v. Turkey

17/06/2015

Havva SÖZEN

1929Ka raman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

32250/15

Aktepe

v. Turkey

17/06/2015

Nuray AKTEPE

1960Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

32254/15

Varlı

v. Turkey

17/06/2015

Ali Rıza VARL I

1932Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

34921/15

Varlı

v. Turkey

11/07/2015

Hamit VARLI

1937Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

40529/15

Koçaş

v. Turkey

03/08/2015

Sevim KOÇAŞ

1952Karaman

Turkish

Utku Çağrı AKTAY

48489/15

Oflaz

v. Turkey

17/09/2015

Fatma OFLAZ

1950Karaman

Turkish

Adil AKTAY

62670/15

Albayrak and Others v. Turkey

15/12/2015

Nurettin ALBAYRAK

1964Karaman

Turkish

Gülbahar DEM İ REL

1976Karaman

Turkish

Gülüzar TOPTAŞ

1966Karaman

Turkish

Cengiz ALBAYRAK

1973Karaman

Turkish

Ali ALBAYRAK

1979Karaman

Turkish

EÅŸÅŸe ALBAYRAK

Karaman

Turkish

Utku Çağrı AKTAY

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