Communicated on 23 January 2018
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 41053/17
Hüseyin KAHRAMAN against Turkey
and 14 other applications
(see list appended)
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns 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.
The applicants complain that such an order decreased the expropriation indemnity awarded to them. They argue that they have no responsibility for the initiation of the proceedings, as the courts ruled in their favour and decided to increase the amounts initially proposed by the expropriating public authority.
Relying on Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention, the applicants allege that their right to peaceful enjoyment of their possessions was violated.
QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES
Have there been an interference with the applicants’ right to peaceful enjoyment of their possessions? In particular, did the fact that the applicants were ordered to pay attorney fees to the expropriating public authority constitute an excessive burden which upset the fair balance which must be struck between the general interest of the community and the fundamental rights of the individual (see, mutatis mutandis, Perdigão v. Portugal [GC], no. 24768/06, §§ 67-78, 16 November 2010)?
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Represented by
41053/17
25/04/2017
Hüseyin KAHRAMAN
01/01/1948
Samsun
Sezai DEMİRKAN
41336/17
25/04/2017
Abdullah SEVER
12/06/1932
İstanbul
Sezai DEMİRKAN
41392/17
25/04/2017
Ahmet NASİP
02/02/1956
Samsun
Sezai DEMİRKAN
41417/17
25/04/2017
Ömer DENİZ
01/01/1950
Samsun
Sezai DEMİRKAN
41424/17
25/04/2017
Ayşe EMİR
07/04/1975
Samsun
Mehmet KESER
01/01/1953
Samsun
Himmet KESER
15/11/1959
Samsun
Sezai DEMİRKAN
41427/17
25/04/2017
Aziz SEVER
Samsun
Sezai DEMİRKAN
41634/17
25/04/2017
Miyase KAHRAMAN
Samsun
Sezai DEMİRKAN
41695/17
25/04/2017
Ahmet KALKAR
01/01/1964
Tekirdağ
Sezai DEMİRKAN
41701/17
25/04/2017
Mehmet DENİZ
06/06/1972
Samsun
Ahmet DENİZ
16/04/1974
Samsun
Sezai DEMİRKAN
41712/17
25/04/2017
Emine KURUTAŞ
01/02/1954
Samsun
Himmet AKÇAY
01/05/1962
Samsun
Mehmet AKÇAY
01/02/1959
Samsun
Sezai DEMİRKAN
41718/17
25/04/2017
Ahmet DENİZ
28/03/1972
Samsun
Mustafa DENİZ
28/03/1967
Samsun
Kadir DENİZ
20/05/1965
Vezirköprü
Sultan DENİZ
15/03/1949
Samsun
Hanife YILAR
28/03/1968
İstanbul
Sezai DEMİRKAN
41771/17
25/04/2017
Hüseyin SEVER
01/06/1949
Samsun
Sezai DEMİRKAN
41773/17
25/04/2017
Cemal YILAR
İstanbul
Sezai DEMİRKAN
41774/17
25/04/2017
Yunis DEMİRBİLEK
Samsun
Mehmet DEMİRBİLEK
01/10/1957
Samsun
Sezai DEMİRKAN
41776/17
25/04/2017
Zülfiye KALKAR
18/11/1937
Samsun
Kamil KALKAR
01/01/1972
Samsun
Melek IRMAK
01/10/1972
İstanbul
Ayten KALKAR
Tekirdağ
Sezai DEMİRKAN
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