CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 28 juin 2016

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The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent. A.     The circumstances of the case The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows. In 1999, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (“the   Ministry”) expropriated certain plots of land belonging to the applicants for construction of a dam in Birecik. The applicants initiated compensation proceedings for additional compensation plus interest at statutory rate. The payments were made six to ten years after the date of expropriation. The details of the applications appear in the table below. B.     Relevant domestic law A description of the domestic law regarding the new remedy introduced by Law no. 6384 can be found in Turgut and Others v. Turkey (dec.), no.   4860/09, 26 March 2013; Demiroğlu v. Turkey (dec.), no.   56125/10, 4   June 2013; and Yıldız and Yanak v. Turkey (dec.), no.   44013/07, 27 May 2014. COMPLAINTS The applicants complained that the excessive delay in the payment of the additional compensation awards, coupled with the low interest rates, had caused them substantial financial loss. In this respect, they relied on Article   6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention. THE LAW Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision. The applicants complained under Article 6 of the Convention and Article   1 of Protocol No. 1 about the late payment of the additional compensation awards. The Court will examine these complaints solely under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention (see, Yetiş and Others v. Turkey , no.   40349/05, § 63, 6 July 2010, and Güleç and Armut v. Turkey (dec.), no.   25969/09, 16 November 2010). The Government noted that pursuant to Law no. 6384 a new Compensation Commission had been established to deal with applications concerning the length of proceedings and the non-execution of judgments. They further noted that the competence of the Compensation Commission was subsequently enlarged by a decree adopted on 16 March 2014 to examine complaints relating to, among other things, the alleged loss of value of the amount of the expropriation compensation due to the effects of inflation and the length of the proceedings. Accordingly, they maintained that the applicants had not exhausted domestic remedies, as they had not made any application to the Compensation Commission. The Court observes that, as pointed out by the Government, a new domestic remedy has been established in Turkey following the application of the pilot judgment procedure in the case of Ümmühan Kaplan v. Turkey (no.   24240/07, 20 March 2012). Subsequently, in its decision in the case of Yıldız and Yanak (cited above), the Court declared an application inadmissible on the ground that the applicants had failed to exhaust domestic remedies, that is to say the new remedy. In so doing, the Court considered in particular that this new remedy was a priori accessible and capable of offering a reasonable prospect of redress for complaints concerning the depreciation of awards in expropriation cases. The Court notes that in its decision in the case of Ümmühan Kaplan (cited above, § 77), it stressed that it could nevertheless examine, under its normal procedure, applications of that type which had already been communicated to the Government. However, taking into account the Government’s objection with regard to the applicants’ failure to make use of the new domestic remedy established by Law no. 6384, the Court reiterates its conclusion in the cases of Turgut and Others (cited above, §§ 47-59), Çakır and Others v. Turkey ((dec.), no.   51274/07, 25 June 2013, § 6), Yöyler and Others v. Turkey ((dec.), no.   10783/07, 16 December 2014, §§ 11-13), and Yıldız and Yanak (cited above, §§ 29-38). In view of the above, the Court concludes that the application should be rejected under Article 35 §§ 1 and 4 of the Convention for non ‑ exhaustion of domestic remedies. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to join the applications; Declares the applications inadmissible.   Done in English and notified in writing on 21 July 2016.   Hasan Bakırcı   Valeriu Griţco Deputy Registrar   President APPENDIX No   Application No Lodged on Applicant Date of birth Place of residence Represented by Date and number first instance court decisions   40437/06 07/09/2006 Celal DEMİR 1950 Şanlıurfa   M. BİRLİK Plot no. 48: Birecik Civil Court 2000/870 E, 2000/2952K 28 September 2000 Plot no. 1700: Birecik Civil Court 2000/1220 E, 2000/3352 K 24 October 2000 Plot no. 1743: Birecik Civil Court 2000/1247E, 2000/3765K 9 November 2000 Plot no. 1751: Birecik Civil Court 2001/261E, 2001/555K 14 August 2001   22259/07 24/05/2007 Mehmet YAVUZ 1953 Şanlıurfa   M. BİRLİK Birecik Civil Court 2005/407E, 2005/563K 20 December 2005   22326/07 23/05/2007 İbrahim YAVUZ 1959 Şanlıurfa   Cemal YAVUZ 1963 Şanlıurfa       M. BİRLİK I. Yavuz: Birecik Civil Court 2005/408E, 2005/564K 20 December 2005   C. Yavuz: Birecik Civil Court 2005/409E, 2005/565K 20 December 2005   50832/07 13/11/2007 İbrahim KARAHAN 1931 Gaziantep   S.S. YILMAZ Plot no. 304 Nizip Civil Court 1999/494E, 1999/4045K 30 December 1999   Plot no. 716 Nizip Civil Court 1999/493E, 1999/3564K 15 December 1999   50839/07 13/11/2007 Yusuf KARAHAN 1964 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/479E, 1999/4212K 30 December 1999   50845/07 13/11/2007 Osman YALÇIN 1939 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/497E,1999/3562K 15 December 1999   51102/07 12/11/2007 Gülizar BAKIR 1942 Gaziantep   S.S.YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/509E, 1999/3559K 15 December 1999   51555/07 14/11/2007 Mehmet YILMAZ 1942 Hatice KÖKMEN 1945 İsmet YILMAZ 1945 Nefis ASLAN 1950 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Plot no. 264 Nizip Civil Court 1999/609E, 2000/78K 1 February 2000 Plot no. 572 Nizip Civil Court 1999/603E, 2000/81K 1 February 2000 Plot no. 604 Nizip Civil Court 1999/601E, 1999/4206K   51582/07 14/11/2007 Abbas KILIÇ 1931 Abbas KILIÇ 1948 Hacı KILIÇ 1940 Zöhre ASLAN 1947 Ayşe KILIÇ 1959 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/537E, 1999/3317K 6 July 2000   51705/07 12/11/2007 Mehmet YILMAZ 1942 Hatice KÖKMEN 1945 İsmet YILMAZ 1945 Nefis ASLAN 1950 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/597E,1999/4153K 30 December 1999   52922/07 20/11/2007 Vedat FIRAT 1964 Abdullah FIRAT 1969   Fadile FIRAT (YILMAZ) 1968 Fazilet FIRAT 1974 Zekeriya FIRAT 1976 Kadriye FIRAT 1959 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Plot no. 631 Nizip Civil Court 1999/483E, 1999/3568K 15 December 1999     Plot no. 680 Nizip Civil Court 1999/531E, 1999/4156K 30 December 1999   26933/08 27/05/2008 Müslüm FIRAT 1943 Gaziantep   S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/491E, 1999/3565K 15 December 1999   27817/08 29/05/2008 Meryem KARAHAN 1939 Aziz KARAHAN 1962 Zeynep KARAHAN DEMİR 1965 Aynur KARAHAN BOZKURT 1966 Ayhan KARAHAN 1966 Bekir KARAHAN 1981 Fatma KARAHAN 1976 Osman KARAHAN 1981 Nizip S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/489E, 1999/4211K 30 December 1999   28331/08 09/06/2008 Reşit DOĞAN 1974 Fatma IŞIK 1966 Reşit DOĞAN 1945 Mehmet DOĞAN 1963 Şenel DEMİR İslim DOĞAN 1931 Nizip S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/545E,1999/4155K 30 December 1999   32913/08 20/06/2008 Mahmut ÇİLOĞLU 1941 Gaziantep     M. BİRLİK Nizip Civil Court 1999/353E,1999/4160K 30 December 1999   33775/08 20/06/2008 İbrahim YALÇINKAYA 1939 Hatice YALÇINKAYA Gaziantep   M. BİRLİK Nizip Civil Court 1999/273E, 1999/4167K 30 December 1999   35188/08 20/06/2008 Mehmet KAPLAN 1941 Gaziantep   M. BİRLİK Nizip Civil Court 1999/358E, 2000/271K 11 April 2000   35190/08 20/06/2008 Mehmet KAPLAN 1941 Gaziantep   M. BİRLİK Nizip Civil Court 1999/359E, 1999/4159K 30 December 1999   37226/08 18/06/2008 Mehmet YILMAZ 1942 Hatice KÖKMEN 1945 İsmet YILMAZ 1945 Nefis ASLAN 1950 Gaziantep   S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/607E, 2000/79K 1 February 2000   37227/08 22/04/2008 Hasan KARAHAN 1941 Yusuf KARAHAN 1964 Muhterem ERDOĞAN 1957 Hatice AYHAN 1953 Gözel BAKIR 1953 Medine AYGÜN 1955 Ayşe AYGÜN 1943 Melahat DEMİR 1951 Rukuya KARAHAN 1948 Fatma KARAHAN 1989 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Plot no. 737 Nizip Civil Court 1999/502E, 1999/4305K 30 December 1999   Plot no. 1268 Nizip Civil Court 1999/499E, 1999/3561K 15 December 1999   37229/08 22/04/2008 Mehmet YILMAZ 1942 Hatice KÖKMEN 1945 İsmet YILMAZ 1945 Nefis ASLAN 1950 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/599E, 2000/82K 1 February 2000   37580/08 18/06/2008 Mustafa YILMAZ 1969 Adil YILMAZ 1961 Nazlı YILMAZ 1966 Yaşar YILMAZ 1972 Abdulcelil YILMAZ 1965 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/549E, 1999/3554 K 15 December 1999   37795/08 18/06/2008 Mehmet Sait YILMAZ 1942 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/547E, 1999/4154K 30 December 1999   37801/08 18/06/2008 Ali POLAT 1957 Gaziantep   S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/536E, 1999/4043K 30 December 1999   44513/08 26/08/2008 Cuma FIRAT 1982 Mehmet YILMAZ 1942 Ayfer YILMAZ 1972 Aynur KILINÇ 1969 Ayşegül KURT 1986 Bülent FIRAT 1974 Cemil FIRAT 1962 Fatma FIRAT 1955 Mehmet FIRAT 1977 Mustafa FIRAT 1978 Zeliha FIRAT 1980 Meral POLAT 1966 Meryem KARAHAN 1965 Songül SÖNMEZ 1976 Gaziantep   S.S. YILMAZ Plot no. 571 Nizip Civil Court 1999/508E, 1999/4076K 30 December 1999   Plot no. 642 Nizip Civil Court 1999/501E, 1999/4210K 30 December 1999   45456/08 19/06/2008 Zeynep FIRAT 1926 Gaziantep   M. BİRLİK Nizip Civil Court 1999/351E, 1999/4161K 30 December 1999   45466/08 19/06/2008 Yasin FIRAT 1952 Gaziantep   M. BİRLİK Nizip Civil Court 1999/347E, 1999/4162K 30 December 1999   45474/08 19/06/2008 Zeynep FIRAT 1926 Hanım FIRAT 1944 Ömer FIRAT 1962 Osman FIRAT Ayşe ÖZDEMİR (FIRAT) 1966 Ahmet FIRAT 1959 Hamdi FIRAT 1964 Gaziantep M. BİRLİK Nizip Civil Court 1999/341E, 1999/4165K 30 December 1999   52367/08 18/09/2008 Hanım YILMAZ 1942 Celal YILMAZ 1965 Mehmet Sait YILMAZ 1974 Cahit YILMAZ 1968 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1998/1992E, 1999/272K 17 February 1999   27270/10 27/04/2010 Ahmet AKFIRAT 1955 Gaziantep   S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/4156E, 1999/3290K 18 November 1999   27281/10 27/04/2010 Fayat KIZILIRMAK 1944 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1998/1780E, 1999/201K 3 February 1999   27289/10 27/04/2010 Ahmet AKFIRAT 1955 Ali Kemal AKFIRAT 1955 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/4193E, 1999/3386K 22 November 1999   27299/10 27/04/2010 Dede KOÇAK 1937 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/1741E, 1999/4306K 31 December 1998   27309/10 27/04/2010 Birçim AKFIRAT 1972 Evrim GÜROĞLU 1970 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/4136E, 1999/3274K 18 November 1999   27318/10 27/04/2010 Hayriye AKFIRAT 1936 Ahmet AKFIRAT 1955 Ali Kemal AKFIRAT 1955 Birçim AKFIRAT 1972 Evrim GÜROĞLU 1970 İbrahim Mesut AKFIRAT 1947 Perihan AKFIRAT 1949 Rabia AKFIRAT Meral KANDEMİR 1960 Metin AKFIRAT 1962 Hadice KANDEMİR 1945 Mehmet AKFIRAT 1951 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/4216E, 1999/3284K 18 November 1999   27324/10 27/04/2010 Birçim AKFIRAT 1972 Evrim GÜROĞLU 1970 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/4236E, 1999 3235K 18 November 1999   27372/10 27/04/2010 Hayriye AKFIRAT 1936 Ahmet AKFIRAT 1955 Ali Kemal AKFIRAT 1955 Birçim AKFIRAT 1972 Evrim GÜROĞLU 1970 İbrahim Mesut AKFIRAT 1947 Perihan AKFIRAT 1949 Rabia AKFIRAT Meral KANDEMİR 1960 Metin AKFIRAT 1962 Hadice KANDEMİR 1945 Mehmet AKFIRAT 1951 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/4114E, 1999/3287K 18 November 1999   27375/10 27/04/2010 Hayriye AKFIRAT 1936 Ahmet AKFIRAT 1955 Ali Kemal AKFIRAT 1955 Birçim AKFIRAT 1972 Evrim GÜROĞLU 1970 İbrahim Mesut AKFIRAT 1947 Perihan AKFIRAT 1949 Rabia AKFIRAT Meral KANDEMİR 1960 Metin AKFIRAT 1962 Hadice KANDEMİR 1945 Mehmet AKFIRAT 1951 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/4204E, 1999/3272K 18 November 1999   27376/10 27/04/2010 Hayriye AKFIRAT 1936 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/4106E, 1999/3280K 18 November 1999   27379/10 27/04/2010 Hayriye AKFIRAT 1936 Ahmet AKFIRAT 1955 Ali Kemal AKFIRAT 1955 Birçim AKFIRAT 1972 Evrim GÜROĞLU 1970 İbrahim Mesut AKFIRAT 1947 Perihan AKFIRAT 1949 Rabia AKFIRAT Meral KANDEMİR 1960 Metin AKFIRAT 1962 Hadice KANDEMİR 1945 Mehmet AKFIRAT 1951 Gaziantep   S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/4185E, 1999/3431K 6 December 1999   27381/10 27/04/2010 Hayriye AKFIRAT 1936 Ahmet AKFIRAT 1955 Ali Kemal AKFIRAT 1955 Birçim AKFIRAT 1972 Evrim GÜROĞLU 1970 İbrahim Mesut AKFIRAT 1947 Perihan AKFIRAT 1949 Rabia AKFIRAT Meral KANDEMİR 1960 Metin AKFIRAT 1962 Hadice KANDEMİR 1945 Mehmet AKFIRAT 1951 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/4213E,1999/3349K 18 November 1999   27384/10 27/04/2010 Hayriye AKFIRAT 1936 Ahmet AKFIRAT 1955 Ali Kemal AKFIRAT 1955 Birçim AKFIRAT 1972 Evrim GÜROĞLU 1970 İbrahim Mesut AKFIRAT 1947 Perihan AKFIRAT 1949 Rabia AKFIRAT Gaziantep Meral KANDEMIR 1960 Metin AKFIRAT 1962 Hadice KANDEMİR 1945 Mehmet AKFIRAT 1951 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/4203E, 1999/3381K 22 November 1999   27389/10 27/04/2010 Hayriye AKFIRAT 1936 Ahmet AKFIRAT 1955 Ali Kemal AKFIRAT 1955 Birçim AKFIRAT 1972 Evrim GÜROĞLU 1970 İbrahim Mesut AKFIRAT 1947 Perihan AKFIRAT 1949 Rabia AKFIRAT Meral KANDEMİR 1960 Metin AKFIRAT 1962 Hadice KANDEMİR 1945 Mehmet AKFIRAT 1951 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1998/4108E,1999/3262K 18 November 1999   27402/10 27/04/2010 Zühal AKFIRAT 1950 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/4235E, 1999/3439K 6 December 1999   27403/10 27/04/2010 Zühal AKFIRAT 1950 Gaziantep   S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/4241E, 1999/3380K 22 November 1999   27421/10 27/04/2010 Dede KOÇAK 1937 Gaziantep   S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1998/1740E, 1999/60K 3 February 1999       27431/10 27/04/2010 Birçim AKFIRAT 1972 Evrim GÜROĞLU 1970 Gaziantep S.S. YILMAZ Nizip Civil Court 1999/4226E, 1999/3276K 18 November 1999   27435/10 27/04/2010 Birçim AKFIRAT 1972 Evrim GÜROĞLU 1970 Gaziantep S.S. 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