SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 34324/06 by Yılmaz and Others
and 51 other application[s]1
against Turkey
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 14 December 2010 as a Committee composed of:
Danutė Jočienė, President,
Nona Tsotsoria,
Guido Raimondi, judges
and Françoise Elens-Passos, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the applications lodged on the dates indicated in the annex,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
PROCEDURE
The applicants whose names are listed in the annex are Turkish nationals from Yörükler village of Samsun, Turkey. They are represented before the Court by Mr E. Bora and Mr H. Dereli, lawyers practising in Ankara.
On 4 September 2009 the Court decided to communicate the applicants’ complaint concerning the length of civil proceedings under Article 6 of the Convention. The proceedings regarding the ownership of a number of parcels began in 1961. The applicants either became heirs or intervened at different dates. According to the information in the case-file the proceedings are pending in respect of one of the parcels.
On 2 October 2009 and 1 July 2010 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties by 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 ex gratia 5,000 (five thousand) euros (EUR) each to Zeynep Yıldırım, Adil Yıldırım, Sami Yıldız and EUR 3,500 (three thousand five hundred) to each of the remaining applicants indicated in the annexed table, together with EUR 3,000 (three thousand) as costs and expenses jointly to their representatives, to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which would be converted into Turkish liras at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and free of any taxes that may be chargeable to the applicants. This sum would be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article 37 § 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In the event of failure to pay this sum 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 would constitute the final resolution of the cases.
On 20 September 2010 the applicants’ lawyer informed the Court that Mehmet Eroğlu (application no. 34324/06) died on 26 April 2007 and his heirs (see the attached list) wished to pursue the proceedings before the Court. Submitting the authority forms, he added that the applicant’s heirs accept to share the amount offered to the deceased applicant for the friendly settlement of the case. The Government did not raise any objections.
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 its Protocols and finds no public policy reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications (Article 37 § 1 in fine of the Convention).
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court unanimously,
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.
Françoise Elens PassosDanutė Jočienė
Deputy RegistrarPresident
ANNEX
Application Name, Number
and Name of the Applicants
Date of the application before the European Court of Human Rights
1. Yılmaz and Others v. Turkey (34324/06)
Züleyha Yılmaz (1973)
Bayram Acar (1966)
Fatma Şener (Hasanoğlu) (1951)
Ayşe Hasanoğlu (1953)
Nedim Mahmut Eroğlu (1944)
Cevdet Eroğlu (1964)
Heirs of Mehmet Eroğlu
(the deceased applicant)
Emine Eroğlu (1919)
Necati Eroğlu (1942)
İsa Eroğlu (1943)
Ahmet Bayram Eroğlu (1938)
Ahmet Eroğlu (1954)
Süleyman Eroğlu (1954)
Nedim Mahmut Eroğlu (1944)
Cemil Eroğlu (1956)
Mustafa Kemal Eroğlu (1947)
Kafiye Eroğlu (1941)
Gül Emine Eroğlu (Şener) (1936)
Ayşe Eroğlu (Yücesan) (1951)
Mehmet Ali Eroğlu (1964)
Cemil Hasanoğlu (1956)
Cemil Yıldırım (1963)
Hacer Şen (Eroğlu) (1962)
28.07.2006
2. Şahiner and Others v. Turkey (34375/06)
Fatma Şahiner (1939)
Hacer Şener (Şahiner) (1955)
Teslime Arslan (Şahiner) (1940)
Zeynep Vural Şahiner (1949)
Ahmet Yılmaz (1942)
Medine Çelik (Yılmaz) (1956)
Ayşe Yılmaz (Ege) (1950)
Hanife Ekiz (Yılmaz) (1972)
Mustafa Yılmaz (1971)
27.07.2006
3. Şahiner v. Turkey (35161/06)
Esat Şahiner (1957)
25.07.2006
4. Yıldırım v. Turkey (36322/06)
Adil Yıldırım
22.07.2006
5. Aydın and Others v. Turkey (36323/06)
Mahmut Aydın (1920)
Emine Eroğlu (Yılmaz) (1969)
Meryem Ergün (Sözen) (1959)
Ahmet Kurt (1948)
10.08.2006
6. Kurt and Others v. Turkey (36332/06)
Esma Kurt (1960)
Mustafa Yaman (1940)
Mehmet Arslan (1949)
Mahmut Arslan (1949)
Ali Arslan (1940)
İbrahim Ayan (1942)
29.08.2006
7. Taşkın and Others v. Turkey (38335/06)
Mustafa Taşkın (1952)
Ayşe Arslan (Taşkın) (1937)
Mustafa Arslan (1951)
Emine Erdinli (Taşkın) (1950)
Türkan Taşkın (Şen) (1949)
12.09.2006
8. Sözen and Others v. Turkey (40647/06)
Mehmet Sözen (1947)
Mehmet Kuş (1929)
Hanife Sözen (Türkmen) (1952)
19.09.2006
9. Şahiner v. Turkey (40703/06)
Fatma Şahiner (Sözen) (1952)
19.09.2006
10. Şahiner v. Turkey (40705/06)
Fatma Şahiner (Şener) (1937)
21.09.2006
11. Sözen and Others v. Turkey (41331/06)
Medine Türkmen (Sözen) (1971)
Şerife Uluağa (Türkmen) (1945)
Ayşe Sözen (Türkmen) (1942)
Zeynep Yıldırım (Şen) (1946)
19.09.2006
12. Taşkın and Others v. Turkey (41332/06)
Zeynep Taşkın (Sözen) (1909)
Havva Arslan (Ozkan) (1940)
Kadir Çizmeli (1930)
Mehmet Kuş (1947)
04.09.2006
13. Taşkın v. Turkey (52581/07)
Aydın Taşkın (1957)
24.11.2007
14. Yıldırım v. Turkey (52587/07)
Yusuf Yıldırım (1960)
24.11.2007
15. Aydın v. Turkey (52590/07)
Mehmet Aydın (1954)
24.11.2007
16. Aydın v. Turkey (52594/07)
Emine Aydın (Kuş) (1969)
24.11.2007
17. Yıldırım v. Turkey (52597/07)
Hacer Uslu (Yıldırım) (1964)
24.11.2007
18. Aydın v. Turkey (52599/07)
Meryem Aydın (Arslan) (1939)
24.11.2007
19. Eroğlu v. Turkey (52603/07)
Medine Eroğlu (Taşkın) (1958)
24.11.2007
20. Özalp v. Turkey (52605/07)
Emine Nazmiye Özalp (Taşkın) (1948)
24.11.2007
21. Taşkın v. Turkey (52609/07)
Medine Aydın (Taşkın) (1958)
24.11.2007
22. Yıldırım v. Turkey (52613/07)
Emine Yıldırım (1956)
24.11.2007
23. Yıldırım v. Turkey (52614/07)
Havva Yıldırım (Kara) (1959)
24.11.2007
24. Işık v. Turkey (52617/07)
Zeynep Işık (Ergün) (1950)
24.11.2007
25. Atasoy v. Turkey (52632/07)
Emine Atasoy (Genç) (1941)
24.11.2007
26. Aydın v. Turkey (52634/07)
Ahmet Aydın (1950)
24.11.2007
27. Aydın v. Turkey (52637/07)
Fatma Aydın (Kurnaz) (1953)
24.11.2007
28. Yıldırım v. Turkey (52642/07)
Mehmet Yıldırım (1948)
24.11.2007
29. Taşkın v. Turkey (52720/07)
Aysel Taşkın (1965)
24.11.2007
30. Şener v. Turkey (52721/07)
Aziz Şener (1977)
24.11.2007
31. Taşkın v. Turkey (52722/07)
Ayten Taşkın (1966)
24.11.2007
32. Aydın v. Turkey (54037/07)
Mustafa Aydın (1962)
24.11.2007
33. Kurnaz v. Turkey (54039/07)
Bahri Kurnaz (1959)
29.11.2007
34. Kurnaz v. Turkey (54042/07)
Harun Kurnaz (1966)
29.11.2007
35. Erol (Yıldız) v. Turkey (54044/07)
Emine Erol (Yıldız) (1950)
29.11.2007
36. Kaya v. Turkey (54045/07)
Fatma Kaya (1958)
29.11.2007
37. Yıldız v. Turkey (54048/07)
Sami Yıldız (1944)
29.11.2007
38. Kurnaz v. Turkey (54051/07)
Fatma Kurnaz (1964)
29.11.2007
39. Dereli v. Turkey (54052/07)
İsmail Dereli (Yaşar) (1942)
29.11.2007
40. Taşkın v. Turkey (54055/07)
Selma Taşkın (Aydın) (1958)
29.11.2007
41. Aydın v. Turkey (54060/07)
Kafiye Aydın (Yaman) (1944)
29.11.2007
42. Kaya v. Turkey (54062/07)
Veli Kaya (1964)
29.11.2007
43. Arslan v. Turkey (54063/07)
Hacer Arslan (Kurnaz) (1954)
29.11.2007
44. Kurnaz v. Turkey (54067/07)
Ramazan Kurnaz (1960)
29.11.2007
45. Aydın v. Turkey (54076/07)
Nejdet Aydın (1950)
29.11.2007
46. Kaya v. Turkey (54078/07)
Aydın Kaya (1959)
29.11.2007
47. Duman v. Turkey (54079/07)
Arife Duman (Kaya) (1969)
29.11.2007
48. Samutoğlu v. Turkey (54081/07)
Ali Samutoğlu (1960)
29.11.2007
49. Yılmaz v. Turkey (54085/07)
Fatma Yılmaz (Samutoğlu) (1945)
29.11.2007
50. Yılmaz v. Turkey (54086/07)
Hacer Yılmaz (Aydın) (1955)
29.11.2007
51. Yıldırım v. Turkey (2447/08)
Ahmet Yıldırım (1952)
22.11.2007
52. Aydın v. Turkey (54035/07)
Veli Aydın (1952)
29.11.2007
[s]1. See the annex
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