Published on 21 July 2025
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 17521/22
Mehmet BALAÇ
against Türkiye
lodged on 25 March 2022
communicated on 3 July 2025
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the depreciation of compensation awarded to the applicant by the domestic courts.
The plot of land, partially owned by the applicant, was designated as a "public healthcare area" in the local land development plan but remained un-expropriated.
In 2016, complaining of the long-term uncertainty about the fate of his land and arguing that the restrictions on the use of his land amounted to an expropriation, the applicant filed a claim before the relevant administrative court to obtain compensation. The administrative court awarded the applicant compensation corresponding to the value of the land at the date on which the case was initiated and legal interest from the same date.
The applicant complains under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention arguing that he suffered a financial loss as the compensation awarded was depreciated due to the monetary inflation during the relevant period.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Has there been a violation of the applicant’s right to peaceful enjoyment of his possession, within the meaning of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention, due to the depreciation of the compensation awarded to the applicant between 21 July 2016 and 31 December 2020 (see Aka v. Turkey, 23 September 1998, §§ 41-50, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998‑VI)?