SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 55614/11
Teslime BAYKAL against Turkey
and 99 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 11 June 2013 as a Chamber composed of:
Guido Raimondi, President,
Danutė Jočienė,
Peer Lorenzen,
András Sajó,
Işıl Karakaş,
Nebojša Vučinić,
Helen Keller, judges,
and Stanley Naismith, Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications, indicated in the appendix,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
THE FACTS
A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. Additionally, the case and decision numbers of the impugned proceedings appear in the appendix.
A. The circumstances of the case
The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.
On various dates, the applicants initiated actions before various civil courts or civil proceedings were brought against them before the civil courts. The procedures lasted several years.
B. Relevant domestic law
A description of the relevant domestic law may be found in Müdür Turgut and Others ((dec.), no 4860/09, §§ 19-26, 26 March 2013).
COMPLAINTS
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.
Certain applicants also alleged a violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention.
THE LAW
I. JOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS
The Court first considers that in accordance with Rule 42 § 1 of the Rules of Court, the applications should be joined, given the similarity of the facts and of the legal issues raised.
II. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 6 § 1 OF THE CONVENTION
The applicants complained that the length of the proceedings was 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...”
The Court observes that the applicants asserted that the length of the proceedings was incompatible with the principle of the “reasonable time” requirement in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention. In that respect, the Court found in Müdür Turgut and Others (cited above, § 56) that the Compensation Commission established by Law no. 6384, insofar as it is 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. In the present cases, the Court sees no reason to come to a different conclusion.
It follows that these complaints must be rejected under Article 35 §§ 1 and 4 of the Convention for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies.
III. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 1 OF PROTOCOL NO. 1 OF THE CONVENTION
Certain applicants claimed under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 that the amounts awarded to them had lost their value due to the length of the proceedings. The Court observes that the civil proceedings against the applicants are still pending before the domestic courts. Therefore, the related complaints under this article are premature and must be rejected for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies pursuant to Article 35 §§ 1 and 4 of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court unanimously
Decides to join the applications;
Declares the applications inadmissible.
Stanley NaismithGuido Raimondi
RegistrarPresident
Appendix
No
Application No
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Represented by
Notes
55614/11
29/07/2011
Teslime BAYKAL
19/05/1994
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55615/11
29/07/2011
Ayşe KURNAZ
01/01/1956
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55616/11
29/07/2011
Hüseyin KURNAZ
01/01/1985
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55617/11
29/07/2011
Şerife ÇILGIN (DEMİREL)
01/01/1959
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55618/11
29/07/2011
Ramazan SÖZEN
01/01/1977
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55619/11
29/07/2011
Zeynep TURNA (AYGÜN)
01/01/1925
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2
55620/11
29/07/2011
Hamide YAYLA (TURNA)
01/01/1959
Kocaeli
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55621/11
29/07/2011
Abdullah DEMİREL
01/01/1962
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55622/11
29/07/2011
Fatma AYDIN (SÖZEN)
01/01/1953
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55623/11
29/07/2011
İbrahim SÖZEN
01/01/1959
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55624/11
29/07/2011
Ayşe AYGÜN (ERGÜN)
01/01/1954
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55625/11
29/07/2011
Nuh SÖZEN
01/01/1963
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55626/11
29/07/2011
Havva İSLAM DEMİREL
01/01/1972
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55627/11
29/07/2011
Medine YILDIRIM (SÖZEN)
01/01/1978
Hagen
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55628/11
29/07/2011
Mehmet TURNA
01/01/1956
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55629/11
29/07/2011
Halil SÖZEN
01/01/1960
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55630/11
29/07/2011
Esme KOLTUK SÖZEN
01/01/1959
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55631/11
29/07/2011
Fatma YANMAZ SÖZEN
01/01/1975
Mersin
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55632/11
29/07/2011
Kaniye ERGÜN SÖZEN
01/01/1953
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55633/11
29/07/2011
Teslime DEMİREL USLU
01/01/1939
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55634/11
29/07/2011
Hüseyin SÖZEN
01/01/1944
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55635/11
29/07/2011
Emine TURNA TÜRKMEN
01/01/1969
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55636/11
29/07/2011
Güllü SÖZEN
01/01/1957
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55637/11
29/07/2011
İdris TURNA
01/01/1962
Sakarya
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55638/11
29/07/2011
Emine ERDURAN (SÖZEN)
01/01/1985
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55639/11
29/07/2011
Ayşe ÇÜN (TURNA)
01/01/1977
Sakarya
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55640/11
29/07/2011
Sema ŞAHİNER (SÖZEN)
01/01/1980
Weinsberg
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55641/11
29/07/2011
Avni SÖZEN
01/01/1977
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55642/11
29/07/2011
Bayram SÖZEN
01/01/1984
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55643/11
29/07/2011
Hatice ERDİNLİ (TURNA)
01/01/1974
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55644/11
29/07/2011
Süleyman USLU
01/01/1960
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55645/11
29/07/2011
Ayşe ARSLAN TURNA
01/01/1950
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55646/11
29/07/2011
Yasemin YİĞİT (TURNA)
01/01/1982
Bursa
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55647/11
29/07/2011
Ramazan SÖZEN
01/01/1969
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55648/11
29/07/2011
Ayşe ÖZTAŞ (SÖZEN)
01/01/1951
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55649/11
29/07/2011
Bahriye KAVAK (SÖZEN)
01/01/1941
Bursa
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55650/11
29/07/2011
Dilber SÖZEN
01/01/1958
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55651/11
29/07/2011
Eren SÖZEN
01/01/1999
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55652/11
29/07/2011
Musa TURNA
01/01/1970
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55653/11
29/07/2011
Fatma YILDIRIM DEMİREL
01/01/1970
Bursa
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55654/11
29/07/2011
Asiye ÖZTOSUN (SÖZEN)
01/01/1954
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55655/11
29/07/2011
Emine USLU (SÖZEN)
01/01/1956
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55656/11
29/07/2011
Emine YILDIZ (TURNA)
01/01/1960
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55657/11
29/07/2011
Saniye TÜRKMEN (SÖZEN)
01/01/1956
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55658/11
29/07/2011
Hanife BAYKAL
19/05/1990
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55659/11
29/07/2011
Salih TURNA
01/01/1964
Kocaeli
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55660/11
29/07/2011
Fatma AKBULUT (TURNA)
01/01/1953
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55661/11
29/07/2011
Mahmut TURNA
01/01/1962
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55662/11
29/07/2011
Adem SÖZEN
01/01/1955
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55663/11
29/07/2011
İsmet ERGÜN
01/01/1961
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55664/11
29/07/2011
Şerife ERGÜN (SÖZEN)
01/01/1931
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55665/11
29/07/2011
İsmail DEMİREL
01/01/1970
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55666/11
29/07/2011
Havva SÖZEN (USLU)
01/01/1957
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55667/11
29/07/2011
Gönul BAYKAL
19/05/1989
Sivas
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55668/11
29/07/2011
Fatma ÜNAL (KURNAZ)
01/01/1981
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55669/11
29/07/2011
Ali SÖZEN
01/01/1966
Bursa
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55670/11
29/07/2011
Zeynep YÖRÜKOĞLU (KURNAZ)
01/01/1961
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55671/11
29/07/2011
Osman KURNAZ
01/01/1973
Istanbul
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55672/11
29/07/2011
Mahmut DEMİREL
01/01/1964
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55673/11
29/07/2011
Ali SÖZEN
01/01/1944
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55674/11
29/07/2011
Yusuf SÖZEN
01/01/1979
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55675/11
29/07/2011
Havva AKIN (TURNA)
01/01/1979
Sakarya
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55676/11
29/07/2011
Mehmet SÖZEN
01/01/1946
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55677/11
29/07/2011
Fatma ERGÜN (SÖZEN)
01/01/1948
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55678/11
29/07/2011
Zeynep İLCİ (DEMİREL)
01/01/1952
Istanbul
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55679/11
29/07/2011
Adnan BAYKAL
19/05/1996
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55680/11
29/07/2011
Hikmet ERGÜN
01/01/1950
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55681/11
29/07/2011
Şaban KURNAZ
01/01/1973
Istanbul
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55682/11
29/07/2011
Emine USLU
01/01/1970
Rize
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55683/11
29/07/2011
Tülay SÖZEN
01/01/1977
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
55684/11
29/07/2011
Ali BAYKAL
01/01/1959
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
Tribunal de cadastre de Ondokuzmayıs E: 2001/2.
53247/12
28/06/2012
Yılmaz ERGÜN
01/10/1963
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
73493/12
06/09/2012
Mahmut ERGÜN
01/01/1948
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
73494/12
06/09/2012
Günay TAŞ
01/01/1965
Kirchheim
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79611/12
06/09/2012
Emine BELEN (TAŞKIN)
01/01/1950
İstanbul
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79612/12
06/09/2012
İlyas ESER
01/01/1954
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79613/12
06/09/2012
Emine KUŞ
01/01/1960
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79614/12
06/09/2012
Ayşe ESER
01/01/1933
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79615/12
06/09/2012
Kafiye ÖZER (KUŞ)
01/01/1968
Wien
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79616/12
06/09/2012
Meryem KARAKUŞ (KUŞ)
01/01/1955
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79617/12
06/09/2012
Yaşar KURNAZ
01/01/1960
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79618/12
06/09/2012
Avni KURNAZ
01/01/1964
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79619/12
06/09/2012
Muzaffer SÖZEN
01/01/1945
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79620/12
06/09/2012
Ayşegül DERVİŞOĞLU (TAŞKIN)
01/01/1947
Istanbul
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79621/12
06/09/2012
Murat YALÇIN
05/10/1979
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79622/12
06/09/2012
Kadir KUŞ
01/01/1971
Wien
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79623/12
06/09/2012
Hatice KURT (EGE)
01/01/1956
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79624/12
06/09/2012
Hanife ENGİN (DANACI)
01/01/1955
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79625/12
06/09/2012
Hüseyin ARAPOĞLU
01/01/1982
Kocaeli
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79626/12
06/09/2012
Aynur KURNAZ
01/01/1969
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79627/12
06/09/2012
Mahmut KURNAZ
01/01/1951
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79628/12
06/09/2012
Cemil YALÇIN
01/01/1978
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79629/12
06/09/2012
Havva AKBULUT (AYGÜN)
01/01/1964
Badschwalbach
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79630/12
06/09/2012
Hüseyin YILDIRIM
01/01/1955
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79631/12
06/09/2012
İsmet BİRCAN
01/01/1941
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79632/12
06/09/2012
Teslime YAMAN (DANACI)
01/01/1933
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79633/12
06/09/2012
Zeynep KUŞ
01/01/1932
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79634/12
06/09/2012
Ali KUŞ
01/01/1968
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79635/12
06/09/2012
Ayşe ERGÜN (AYGÜN)
01/01/1963
Samsun
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
79636/12
06/09/2012
Zeki AYGÜN
01/01/1965
Flehingen
Ömer Birol ERDİM
19 Mayıs Cadastral Court E: 2011/2.
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