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ŞENGÜL v. TURKEY and 8 other applications

Doc ref: 10596/13;10602/13;10603/13;10604/13;10605/13;10606/13;10607/13;10608/13;10609/13 • ECHR ID: 001-179976

Document date: December 13, 2017

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ŞENGÜL v. TURKEY and 8 other applications

Doc ref: 10596/13;10602/13;10603/13;10604/13;10605/13;10606/13;10607/13;10608/13;10609/13 • ECHR ID: 001-179976

Document date: December 13, 2017

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Communicated on 13 December 2017

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 10596/13 Gönül ŞENGÜL against Turkey and 8 other applications (see list appended)

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The applications concern the refusal of the domestic authorities to restitute to the applicants a plot of land donated to the administration with condition, despite the fact that disputed land had not been used for the designated purposes by the municipality.

The applications concern a plot of land situated in block no. 2956, parcel no. 1 in Eski ş ehir . Following a cadastral work on the land, the applicants ceded the above mentioned land to the municipality for public interest purposes (in particular with the clause of “municipal service area”).

In 2005 there had been an amendment in the zoning plan and the land was divided into two lots. The first part was allocated for the construction of a tram station. The second part was allocated for public service and registered in the name of Odunpazarı Municipality.

Subsequently, the municipality started the construction of a dormitory on the second part of the land. However after the construction was completed, the building was rented out to a private company as a hotel for ten years.

The applicants brought proceedings before the domestic courts to recover the possession of the land which had not been used for the designated purpose by the municipality. However their requests were rejected on the ground that the plot of land in question was used in accordance with the clause of public service.

Invoking Article 1 of Protocol No.1 to the Convention, the applicants complained of the refusal to restitute the donated land although it is not used for the donation condition.

QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES

1. In the light of the cases of Karaman v. Turkey (no. 6489/03, 15 January 2008) and Sağlık İnşaat Turizm Sanayi Taahhüt ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti . v. Turkey (( dec. ), no. 55549/11, 7 April 2015), has there been an interference with the applicants ’ right to peaceful enjoyment of their possessions within the meaning of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention, as the applicants alleged that their land had not been used for public interest purposes by the municipality? If yes, did such interference strike a “fair balance” between the demands of the general interest of the community and the requirements of the protection of the individuals ’ fundamental rights .

2. In this connection was there a public interest in renting out the building to a private company? Furthermore, in Turkish law, what kinds of services are covered by the notion of “municipal service area”?

The parties are invited to submit expert reports, preferably obtained under the control of a judge, on the value of the disputed land on the rental date, exposing in details the objective datas on which their conclusions are based.

The Government is invited to provide the Court with the all relevant documents and information concerning the disputed land, including a copy of the rent contract.

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No.

Application no.

Lodged on

Applicant

Date of birth

Place of residence

Represented by

10596/13

19/12/2012

Gönül ŞENGÜL

25/05/1948

EskiÅŸehir

İrfan BORÇE

10602/13

19/12/2012

Selçuk OĞUZ

21/07/1954

Ankara

İrfan BORÇE

10603/13

18/12/2012

Namık AKÇARDAK

01/09/1949

EskiÅŸehir

İrfan BORÇE

10604/13

18/12/2012

Emine Sevim ÇIKILIOĞLU

20/03/1932

EskiÅŸehir

İrfan BORÇE

10605/13

18/12/2012

Hüseyin Yılmaz ŞENGÜL

18/09/1943

EskiÅŸehir

İrfan BORÇE

10606/13

18/12/2012

Asiman ERGÄ°NEL

04/01/1946

EskiÅŸehir

İrfan BORÇE

10607/13

19/12/2012

Deniz GÄ°DER

12/01/1966

Istanbul

İrfan BORÇE

10608/13

19/12/2012

Cahide DURU

01/11/1945

Istanbul

İrfan BORÇE

10609/13

19/12/2012

Ergun DURU

10/07/1967

Istanbul

İrfan BORÇE

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