SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 4222/17
Y. and Others
against Türkiye
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 18 September 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Gediminas Sagatys, President,
Stéphane Pisani,
Juha Lavapuro, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 13 January 2017,
Having regard to the decision not to have the applicants’ names disclosed, in accordance with Rule 47 § 4 of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicants are a couple and their children, who were represented by Mr I. Ergin, a lawyer practising in Istanbul.
Following their application to the Court, the applicants’ complaints concerning the alleged unlawfulness of their deprivation of liberty, the inadequacy of their conditions of detention and the lack of effective remedies were communicated to the Turkish Government (“the Government”) under Articles 5, 8, and 13 of the Convention. Additionally, the first applicant’s claim that his removal to his country of origin would expose him to a real risk of torture or ill-treatment was communicated under Article 3 of the Convention.
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Türkiye in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them jointly the amounts detailed in the appended table.
These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above‑mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, 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 case.
THE LAW
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 the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 9 October 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Gediminas Sagatys
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application no.
Date of introduction
Representative’s name and location
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of Applicants’ declaration
Total amount awarded jointly to the applicants for non-pecuniary damage
(in euros)[1]
Total amount awarded jointly to the applicants for costs and expenses
(in euros)[2]
4222/17
13/01/2017
12 applicants
Ergin İbrahim
Istanbul
30/06/2025
30/05/2025
36,000
2,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.