SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 76064/11
Ramazan VAROL against Turkey
and 29 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 17 September 2013 as a Committee composed of:
Peer Lorenzen, President,
András Sajó,
Nebojša Vučinić, judges,
and Atilla Nalbant, Acting Deputy 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 the civil courts or civil proceedings were brought against them before the civil courts. The procedures are lasting for 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.
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.
Atilla NalbantPeer Lorenzen
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
Appendix
No
Application No
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Represented by
Notes
76064/11
04/11/2011
Ramazan VAROL
01/01/1957
Besigheim
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76065/11
04/11/2011
Adil ŞİMŞEK
01/01/1945
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76066/11
04/11/2011
Mehmet DEMİREL
01/01/1975
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76067/11
04/11/2011
Hayriye KURT ATEŞ
01/01/1963
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76068/11
04/11/2011
Hatice ESER KURNAZ
01/01/1966
Bergheim
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76069/11
04/11/2011
Seyde USLU
01/01/1964
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76070/11
02/11/2011
Fatma KUŞ
01/01/1950
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76071/11
04/11/2011
Ahmet ŞİMŞEK
01/01/1961
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76072/11
02/11/2011
Emine DÜZENLİ KURT
01/01/1955
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76073/11
02/11/2011
Nazmiye ERGÜN AYGÜN
01/01/1961
Witten
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76074/11
02/11/2011
Osman KUŞ
01/01/1955
Istanbul
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76075/11
02/11/2011
Leyla AYAZ KURT
01/01/1977
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76076/11
02/11/2011
Asiye AKBULUT KUŞ
01/01/1956
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76077/11
02/11/2011
Mustafa DANACI
01/01/1952
Kocaeli
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76078/11
04/11/2011
Yüksel KURNAZ
01/01/1965
Berlin
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76079/11
04/11/2011
Sevim DEMİRCİ (GENÇ)
01/01/1965
Istanbul
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76080/11
04/11/2011
Hamdi KURNAZ
01/01/1951
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76081/11
04/11/2011
Bahri USLU
01/01/1962
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76082/11
04/11/2011
Ali GENÇ
01/01/1959
Istanbul
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76083/11
04/11/2011
Havva ERSOY
(GENÇ)
01/01/1962
Istanbul
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76084/11
04/11/2011
Mustafa YILDIRIM
01/01/1973
Lauffen
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76085/11
04/11/2011
Cemil ATEŞ
01/01/1964
Muhlacker
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76086/11
04/11/2011
Mahmut VAROL
01/01/1952
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76087/11
04/11/2011
Fatma DANACI
01/01/1956
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76088/11
04/11/2011
Zeynep UYAN (YILDIRIM)
01/01/1947
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
76089/11
04/11/2011
Sadiye KİRACI (GENÇ)
01/01/1951
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
78818/11
04/11/2011
Hacer KAPLAN (DANACI)
01/01/1959
Samsun
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
78819/11
04/11/2011
Aynur ESER (ERGÜN)
01/01/1960
Korschenbroich
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
629/12
04/11/2011
Bayram GENÇ
01/01/1956
Çanakkale
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
1981/12
04/11/2011
Hamiyet ÇAKICI
01/01/1956
Besigheim
Aytekin GÜNDÜZ
Cadastral Court of Ondokuzmayıs
E: 2001/2
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