SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 39978/07
Cahit İLBOĞA against Turkey
and 3 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 14 June 2016 as a Committee composed of:
Nebojša Vučinić, President,
Valeriu Griţco,
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, judges,
and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on dates set out in the appendix,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
1. A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
2. The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent.
3. The applicants complained under Articles 8 § 1 and/or 10 § 1 of the Convention about a breach of their right to respect for their correspondence.
4. On the dates set out in the appendix, the parties signed friendly settlement declarations under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Turkey in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications against an undertaking by the Government to pay 200 euros each to cover any non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses. The amounts will be converted into Turkish lira at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be free of any taxes that may be applicable. Each sum will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court. In the event of failure to pay these sums within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on it, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points. The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
THE LAW
5. Having regard to the fact that the present applications concern the same facts and complaints and raise identical issues under the Convention, the Court decides to join them pursuant to Rule 42 § 1 of the rules of Court.
6. The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications. In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 7 July 2016.
Hasan BakırcıNebojša Vučinić
Deputy RegistrarPresident
Appendix
No.
Application No.
Lodged on
Applicant’s
Date of birth
Place of residence
Date of applicant’s friendly settlement declaration
Date of Government’s friendly settlement declaration
39978/07
30/07/2007
Cahit İLBOĞA
20/06/1973
Tekirdağ
01/02/2016
25/02/2016
56188/08
11/02/2008
İdris ÇALIŞKAN
01/01/1973
İzmir
18/11/2015
25/02/2016
27109/15
21/07/2008
İdris ÇALIŞKAN
01/01/1973
İzmir
16/11/2015
25/02/2016
28676/15
25/02/2008
Abdullah AYDIN
01/03/1971
Şanlıurfa
26/10/2015
25/02/2016
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