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HALIM AKCA CASE AND 19 OTHER CASES AGAINST TURKEY (SEE APPENDIX) RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S DELAY IN PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR EXPROPRIATION AND THE APPLICABLE RATE OF DEFAULT INTEREST

Doc ref: 19640/92, 19641/92, 19642/92, 19643/92, 19644/92, 19645/92, 19647/92, 19649/92, 19650/92, 19651/92, ... • ECHR ID: 001-56324

Document date: April 24, 2003

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HALIM AKCA CASE AND 19 OTHER CASES AGAINST TURKEY (SEE APPENDIX) RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S DELAY IN PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR EXPROPRIATION AND THE APPLICABLE RATE OF DEFAULT INTEREST

Doc ref: 19640/92, 19641/92, 19642/92, 19643/92, 19644/92, 19645/92, 19647/92, 19649/92, 19650/92, 19651/92, ... • ECHR ID: 001-56324

Document date: April 24, 2003

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Resolution ResDH (2003)65

concerning the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

on 3 July 2001 (final on 3 October 2001)

in the Halim Akça case and 19 other cases against Turkey (see Appendix) relating to the administration’s delay in payment of additional compensation for expropriation and the applicable rate of default interest

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 24 April 2003

at the 834th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as amended by Protocol No. 11 (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”),

Having regard to the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in the 20 cases of which the details appear in the Appendix to this resolution, which were delivered on 3 July 2001 and transmitted to the Committee of Ministers once they had become final under Articles 44 and 46 of the Convention;

Recalling that these cases originated in applications against Turkey lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights on 15 August 1991 under former Article 25 of the Convention by 20 Turkish nationals, and that the Court, seised of the cases under Article 5, paragraph 2, of Protocol No. 11, declared admissible the complaints that there had been a breach of the applicants’ right to the peaceful enjoyment of their possessions due to the administration’s delay in paying additional compensation awarded by the domestic courts for the expropriation of the applicants’ properties and due to the losses of value this caused as a result of substantial difference between the default interest rate applicable at the time and the average rate of inflation in Turkey;

Whereas in its judgments of 3 July 2001 concerning these cases the Court, unanimously:

- held that there had been a violation of Article 1, of Protocol No. 1, to the Convention;

- held that it was not necessary to examine the applicants’ complaints under Article 6, paragraph 1, of the Convention;

- held that the government of the respondent state was to pay the applicants, within three months from the date on which the judgment became final, the amounts of just satisfaction awarded in American dollars to be converted into Turkish liras at the rate applicable at the date of settlement (for details see the table appended to the present resolution) plus any sum due in respect of tax, and that simple interest at an annual rate of 6% would be payable on these sums from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement;

Having regard to the Rules adopted by the Committee of Ministers for the application of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention;

Having invited the government of the respondent state to inform it of the measures which had been taken in consequence of the judgments of 3 July 2001, having regard to Turkey’s obligation under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention to abide by them;

Whereas during the examination of the cases by the Committee of Ministers, the government of the respondent state recalled that measures had already been taken to avoid new, similar violations (see Resolutions ResDH (2001)70 and ResDH (2001)71 in the cases Aka and Akkuş against Turkey respectively), notably through the entry into force on 1 January 2000 of Law No. 4489, which brought the statutory rate of default interest into line with the annual rediscount rate applied by the Turkish Central Bank to short-term debts (the latter rate is fixed and permanently reviewed, taking into account particularly the country’s inflation rate), and indicated that the Court’s judgments had been sent out to the authorities directly concerned;

Having satisfied itself that the government of the respondent state had paid the applicants, within the time-limit set, the sums provided for in the judgments of 3 July 2001,

Declares, after having taken note of the information supplied by the Government of Turkey, that it has exercised its functions under Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention in these cases.

Appendix to Resolution ResDH (2003)65

Details of the 20 cases and the just satisfaction awarded to the applicants

Case

Application No.

Pecuniary Damage

Non-pecuniary Damage

Costs and Expenses

Halim Akça

19640/92

american dollars 2 629

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

Mehmet Akçay

19641/92

american dollars 25 030

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

Ahmet Akkaya

19642/92

american dollars 6 809

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

Ä°brahim Akkaya

19643/92

american dollars 6 432

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

Mustafa Akkaya

19644/92

american dollars 19 682

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

Hüseyin Balcı

19645/92

american dollars 1 953

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

Macit Balcı

19646/92

american dollars 1 953

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

Bilge Baltekin

19647/92

american dollars 3 452

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

Halil BaÅŸar

19648/92

american dollars 11 874

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

Ahmet Bilgin

19650/92

american dollars 9 193

american dollars 300

Talip BaÅŸar

19649/92

american dollars 16 420

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

Mahmut Bilgin

19651/92

american dollars 9 193

american dollars 300

Mehmet Bilgin (No.2)

19652/92

american dollars 9 193

american dollars 300

Yusuf Bilgiç

19653/92

american dollars 50 736

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

Fethiye Dinç

19654/92

american dollars 19 881

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

Ãœnzile Dokel

19655/92

american dollars 7 415

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

Saadettin EÄŸrikale

19656/92

american dollars 9 362

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

NaÅŸide Erol (No.2)

19657/92

american dollars 4 787

american dollars 300

Recep Erol

19658/92

american dollars 46 200

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

Sefer Erol

19659/92

american dollars 19 881

american dollars 1 000

american dollars 300

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