SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 10783/07
Ziri YÖYLER and others against Turkey
and 46 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 16 December 2014 as a Chamber composed of:
Guido Raimondi, President,
Işıl Karakaş,
Nebojša Vučinić,
Helen Keller,
Paul Lemmens,
Egidijus Kūris,
Robert Spano, judges,
and Stanley Naismith, Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications, listed in the appendix,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
THE FACTS
1. A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
A. The circumstances of the case
2. The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.
3. On various dates, the applicants initiated actions before various civil courts or civil proceedings were brought against them before the civil courts. Certain procedures lasted several years, and some are still pending before the domestic courts.
B. Relevant domestic law
4. A description of the relevant domestic law may be found in Turgut and Others v. Turkey ((dec.), no. 4860/09, §§ 19-26, 26 March 2013).
COMPLAINTS
5. 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.
6. Some of the applicants alleged that there had been a violation of Article 13 of the Convention in that there was no effective remedy under Turkish law.
7. All the applicants raised additional complaints with reference to various Articles of the Convention and its Protocols.
THE LAW
A. Alleged violation of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
8. The applicants complained that the length of the proceedings had been 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...”
9. The Court observes that the applicants asserted that the length of the proceedings had been incompatible with the principle of “reasonable time” requirement in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention. The Court found in Turgut and Others (cited above, §§ 8 and 60) that the Compensation Commission established by Law no. 6384, insofar as it is a priori 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. Accordingly, the applicants should avail themselves of the new remedy offered by Law no. 6384 (see also Haçikoğlu and others v. Turkey ((dec.) no. 21786/04, 8 April 2014).
10. It follows that these complaints must be rejected under Article 35 §§ 1 and 4 of the Convention for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies.
B. Alleged violation of Article 13 of the Convention
11. Some of the applicants complained that there was no effective remedy under Turkish law. They relied, in this regard, on Article 13 of the Convention, which provides:
“Everyone whose rights and freedoms as set forth in this Convention are violated shall have an effective remedy before a national authority notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity.”
12. The Court recalls that it has also held that the Compensation Commission established by Law no. 6384 provides for an effective remedy within the meaning of Article 13 of the Convention for applicants to complain about the length of proceedings for the purposes of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention relating to all applications pending before the Court, not yet communicated to the respondent Government, submitted before 23 September 2012 (Turgut and Others (cited above, § 59)).
13. It follows that this part of the application is manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 (a) and 4 of the Convention.
C. Other alleged violations of various Articles of the Convention and its Protocols
14. The applicants invoked various articles of the Convention and its Protocols.
15. The Court considers that it is not at this stage able to determine whether these complaints should be communicated to the Government in accordance with Rule 54 § 2 (b) of the Rules of Court, and adjourns their examination.
For these reasons, the Court unanimously
Declares the complaints concerning the length of the proceedings and the lack of an effective remedy for undue length of proceedings inadmissible;
Decides to adjourn the examination of the remainder of the application.
Stanley NaismithGuido Raimondi
RegistrarPresident
Appendix
No
Application No
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Represented by
10783/07
02/03/2007
Ziri YÖYLER
02/04/1946
Muş
Nazlı DERE
01/04/1954
Kocaeli
Refika GÜVEN
27/05/1950
Muş
Hazime DAŞ
02/01/1956
Muş
Kerim YILDIZ
13378/07
22/03/2007
Muhsin GÖLBAŞ
Bursa
Nalan BENER
19535/07
03/05/2007
Mustafa Volkan LÜLÜ
02/01/1957
Antalya
Ali Noyan LÜLÜ
12/12/1953
Yonca Rahime GİRİTLİ
21/06/1956
Demet DOLZ
01/01/1959
Hatice Ayten LÜLÜ
14/05/1928
Salih EFE
51508/08
22/09/2008
Fatih TAŞ
07/05/1979
İstanbul
İnan AKMEŞE
51512/08
24/09/2008
Fatih TAŞ
07/05/1979
İstanbul
İnan AKMEŞE
6810/09
Fatih TAŞ
07/05/1979
İstanbul
İnan AKMEŞE
24067/09
24/03/2009
Bedi YAŞAR
01/01/1936
Mersin
Müzeyyen YILMAZ
04/01/1963
Mersin
Mithat YAŞAR
01/06/1964
Mersin
Melahat ÇELİK
13/10/1966
Mersin
Kayhan YAŞAR
02/09/1970
Mersin
Belkıs YAŞAR
05/10/1967
Mersin
Metin YAŞAR
02/10/1960
Mersin
Ferda İRİŞİK
31884/09
23/05/2009
Şemsi KAYA
01/01/1939
İstanbul
Murat HAZİNEDAR
32586/09
10/06/2009
Mihriye CANTÜRK
17/12/1954
Ürgüp / Nevşehir
Ferda İRİŞİK
32594/09
10/06/2009
Metin GÜLER
15/02/1969
Mersin
Ferda İRİŞİK
33495/09
29/05/2009
Fatih TAŞ
07/05/1979
İstanbul
İnan AKMEŞE
33748/09
11/06/2009
Hüseyin ATAY
01/04/1965
Mardin
Nihad ATAY
08/08/1968
Hidayet ATAY
10/06/1975
Fatma ATAY
01/01/1955
Mardin
Abdullah ATAY
01/09/1975
Mardin
Nurullah ATAY
01/09/1980
Mardin
Emrullah ATAY
01/09/1980
Mardin
Muazzez ÖZDEMİR
01/10/1982
Mardin
Medine ATAY
01/01/1985
Mardin
Mehmet ATAY
01/03/1987
Mardin
Feride ATAY
20/02/1989
Mardin
Şeyhmus TAŞKIN
67385/09
16/12/2009
Cemile KAYA
28/02/1957
Tunceli
Akın KAYA
10/03/1981
Tunceli
İbrahim KAYA
10/11/1982
Tunceli
Cemal KAYA
05/11/1986
Tunceli
Deniz KAYA
15/02/1975
Elazığ
Barış YILDIRIM
3801/10
25/12/2009
Güler ÇELİK
01/01/1972
Bingöl
Fırat AYDINKAYA
7417/10
20/01/2010
İbrahim OĞUZ
01/01/1929
Gaziantep
Mustafa TÜRKMEN
10797/10
08/02/2010
Işıl SARIKAMIŞ
04/03/1986
İstanbul
Mehmet ERBİL
10985/10
10/02/2010
Recep TOKUÇ
17/07/1976
Kütahya
13874/10
17/02/2010
Vahit SEVİM
11/01/1970
İstanbul
Mehmet Hanifi ÖNCEL
01/01/1974
İstanbul
İnan AKMEŞE
13992/10
29/01/2010
Ülger YAŞAR
02/03/1943
Gaziantep
Mustafa TÜRKMEN
17867/10
14/12/2009
Mustafa ERSİN
26/09/1925
İstanbul
Mehmet Basri ERSİN
06/05/1929
Tekirdağ
Ziya GÜLBARAN
22/08/1956
İstanbul
Murat GÜLBARAN
19/05/1962
İstanbul
Deniz GÜLBARAN
15/08/1958
İstanbul
Ahmet Hayri UĞUR
22/02/1946
İstanbul
Turgan GÜRMEN
23702/10
05/04/2010
Mehmet Ali VARIŞ
10/01/1979
İstanbul
Fazıl Ahmet TAMER
30511/10
03/05/2010
Sefer BOZACI
09/02/1979
Bartın
33528/10
01/06/2010
Fatih TAŞ
07/05/1979
İstanbul
İnan AKMEŞE
39389/10
17/05/2010
Erdal ÇERİ
10/01/1974
İstanbul
Haluk KÖKSOY
41764/10
07/08/2010
Fatma DEMİR
01/01/1949
Osmaniye
Adil AKTAY
47010/10
12/07/2010
Turabi KARTAL
01/01/1978
İstanbul
Metin FİLORİNALI
70258/10
24/09/2010
TEMKAŞ YERLİ ÜRÜNLER İTHALAT İHRACAT SANAYİ VE TİCARET A. Ş.
İstanbul
Melahat ERDAL
31812/11
18/02/2011
MLG REKLAM PRODÜKSİYON ORGANİZASYON MÜŞAVİRLİK VE DIŞ TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ
Ankara
Emrah GENÇ
32043/11
23/09/2009
Ramazan ORAL
11/03/1985
Mersin
İbrahim Halil YAHLİ
08/03/1984
İstanbul
Enver TEKİN
01/01/1983
Bursa
İnan AKMEŞE
32445/11
03/03/2011
Zeynep ERGÜN SÖZEN
01/03/1939
Samsun
Erhan BORA
32446/11
03/03/2011
Emine KUŞ SÖZEN
16/04/1949
Samsun
Erhan BORA
49851/11
13/06/2011
Doğan ERDOĞAN
21/07/1986
Amasya
Yasin YILDIZ
77839/11
28/11/2011
Kadir KORKUT
01/01/1973
Antalya
İsa Emre KORKUT
14/07/2001
Antalya
Özlem KORKUT
01/12/1974
Antalya
Nurullah AKSARI
78510/11
11/11/2011
Yasemin OKUYUCU
04/02/1972
İstanbul
Sevgi EPÇELİ ARSLAN
78807/11
10/11/2011
Faruk MENEKŞE
01/03/1973
Diyarbakır
Serkan AKBAŞ
1320/12
05/12/2011
Adem ORAN
12/10/1979
İstanbul
Fatma ÖZCAN
10/06/1977
İstanbul
Emre ORAN
25/04/1985
İstanbul
İsmail ORAN
08/09/1956
İstanbul
Mustafa BOSTANOĞLU
22537/12
01/03/2012
Sadi ÇİFTÇİ
01/01/1974
İstanbul
Mufide ÇİFTÇİ
01/01/1980
İstanbul
Fırat AYDINKAYA
27300/12
16/04/2012
Kenan TANDOĞAN
03/01/1976
İstanbul
Mehmet UZUNCAOK
47232/12
06/04/2012
Ali GÜRBÜZ
01/01/1971
Köln
Hasan BAYAR
01/01/1982
Bern
İnan AKMEŞE
59884/12
09/07/2012
Ali ÇANAKÇI
01/01/1984
Edirne
Fırat AYDINKAYA
61984/12
24/07/2012
Fatma YAĞLI
10/08/1959
Ordu
İsa YAĞLI
10/06/1977
Ordu
Musa YAĞLI
10/06/1979
Antalya
Eyüp YAĞLI
01/01/1990
Ordu
Fatma ŞÜKÜROĞLU
72778/12
03/09/2012
Bayram BAYRAKÇI
01/07/1934
Ankara
Ekrem BAYRAKÇI
10/01/1950
Ankara
Mustafa BAYRAKÇI
25/03/1969
Ankara
Okan YILMAZYURT
77747/12
08/09/2012
Nesim YILMAZ
28/04/1947
Van
İbrahim YILMAZ
01/01/1978
Van
Mevlüde YILMAZ
01/01/1987
Van
Hüsna YILMAZ
01/01/1948
Van
Doğan YILMAZ
01/01/1991
Van
Halil YILMAZ
01/01/1990
Van
Murat TİMUR
3009/13
15/11/2012
Zeki AYTİMUR
12/04/1952
Kocaeli
Feryat AYTİMUR
01/04/1974
Istanbul
Şengül AYTİMUR
26/04/1958
Kocaeli
Gönül AYTİMUR
02/09/1968
Kocaeli
Hatice AYTİMUR
01/01/1977
Kocaeli
Ali AYTİMUR
20/08/1978
Kocaeli
Abdülkadir AYTİMUR
01/07/1982
Kocaeli
Huriye AYTİMUR
10/10/1985
Kocaeli
Ayşegül AYTİMUR
10/10/1987
Kocaeli
Hakan AYTİMUR
01/06/1989
Kocaeli
Yadigar AYTİMUR
01/06/1991
Kocaeli
Fatih YEMEN
7277/13
05/12/2012
Nizamettin KARAALANLI
01/06/1935
İzmir
13351/13
11/01/2013
Muzaffer DOĞAN
01/01/1970
Antalya
17133/13
21/09/2012
Hatice DİLEK
15/11/1990
İstanbul
Fırat AYDINKAYA
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