49 cases v Turkey - 62608/00 [2011] ECHR 2392 (13 December 2011)

Procedural shortcomings found by the Court did not seriously affect the outcome of domestic proceedings; domestic decisions were not contrary to the Convention on the merits. Just satisfaction was paid, and general measures adopted remedied and prevented similar violations.

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Citation: [2011] ECHR 2392
Parties: Applicant: Applicants (various individuals, e.g. Mehmet Göç, Zahide Songül Özata, Halis Doğan, etc.); Respondent: Republic of Turkey
Jurisdiction: European Union
Procedural Posture: European Court of Human Rights Judgment (multiple Applications) / Final Judgment and Execution Monitoring
Outcome: Just satisfaction awarded and paid; no further individual measures required; general measures adopted to prevent recurrence.
Legal Topics: Non Communication of Prosecutor's Opinion, Absence of Hearing in Compensation Proceedings, Late Payment of Compensation, Just Satisfaction, Procedural Violations

Human Rights Law Criminal Procedure Compensation Law Non Communication of Prosecutor's Opinion Absence of Hearing in Compensation Proceedings Late Payment of Compensation Just Satisfaction Procedural Violations

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Parties

Applicants (various individuals, e.g. Mehmet Göç, Zahide Songül Özata, Halis Doğan, etc.)

Applicant

Republic of Turkey

Respondent

Procedural Posture

European Court of Human Rights Judgment (multiple Applications) / Final Judgment and Execution Monitoring

Legal Issues

1 Whether procedural shortcomings in domestic proceedings violated the Convention
2 Whether non-communication of prosecutor's opinion breached fair trial rights
3 Whether absence of hearing in compensation proceedings breached rights

Ratio Decidendi

Court Disposition

Just satisfaction awarded and paid; no further individual measures required; general measures adopted to prevent recurrence.

Orders

Payment of just satisfaction to applicants as specified in judgments.
No further individual measures required.

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Judgment of Final on Pecuniary damage Non-pecuniary damage Costs and expenses Total Paid on GÖÇ Mehmet 36590/97 11/07/02 11/07/02 -- 2 000 EUR 1 862,03 EUR 3 862,03 EUR 09/10/2002 ÖZATA Zahide Songül 19578/02 20/10/2005 15/02/2006 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 15/08/2006 DİNDAR 32456/96 20/12/2005 20/03/2006 -- 1 000 EUR 210 EUR 1 210 EUR 01/06/2006 AYÇOBAN and others 42208/02+ 22/12/2005 22/03/2006 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 21/06/2006 DOĞAN Halis 75946/01 07/02/2006 07/05/2006 -- -- 315 EUR EUR 20/07/2006 IŞIK Mehmet Fehmi 62226/00 21/02/2006 21/05/2006 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 02/08/2006 TOSUN 4124/02 28/02/2006 28/05/2006 No just satisfaction awarded HOCAOĞULLARI 77109/01 07/03/2006 07/06/2006 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 31/08/2006 ŞAHİN Çağdaş 28137/02 11/04/2006 11/07/2006 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 10/10/2006 KÖMÜRCÜ 77432/01 22/06/2006 22/09/2006 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 08/12/2006 KABASAKAL and ATAR 70084/01+ 19/09/2006 19/12/2006 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 07/03/2007 SAĞIR 37562/02 19/10/2006 19/01/2007 -- -- 1 500 EUR 1 500 EUR 19/04/2007 DOĞAN Halis No.3 4119/02 10/10/2006 10/01/2007 No just satisfaction awarded MAÇİN No. 2 38282/02 24/10/2006 24/01/2007 -- -- 1 500 EUR 1 500 EUR 20/04/2007 KOÇAK and others 23720/02+ 21/12/2006 21/03/2007 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 26/03/2007 KAYA Öner 9007/03 10/04/2007 10/07/2007 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 21/09/2007 TURĞAY 21085/02 12/04/2007 12/07/2007 No just satisfaction awarded YALÇIN 8628/03 03/05/2007 03/08/2007 No just satisfaction awarded SÖĞÜT 16593/03+ 31/05/2007 31/08/2007 No just satisfaction awarded KAYMAZ 6247/03 26/06/2007 26/09/2007 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 14/12/2007 DEMİREL Hünkar 10365/03 14/06/2007 14/09/2007 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 6/12/2007 ÖZMEN and others 9149/03 14/06/2007 14/09/2007 No just satisfaction awarded YENİAY 14802/03 26/06/2007 26/09/2007 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 14/12/2007 YURTSEVER Mesut 42086/02 19/07/2007 19/10/2007 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 15/01/2008 MARTI 9709/03 19/07/2007 19/10/2007 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 16/01/2008 TAŞ Erdal No.5 29848/02 20/09/2007 20/12/2007 -- -- 500 EUR EUR 18/03/2008 TAŞ Erdal No.2 13021/02 20/09/2007 20/12/2007 -- -- 500 EUR EUR 18/03/2008 ÜNLÜ Suat 12458/03 15/01/2008 07/07/2008 No just satisfaction awarded ARSLAN Abdülkerim 67136/01 20/09/2007 31/03/2008 No just satisfaction awarded ÖLMEZ Cemal 7404/03 27/11/2007 27/02/2008 No just satisfaction awarded YAYAN 9043/03 27/11/2007 27/02/2008 No just satisfaction awarded GÖKTAŞ 66446/01 29/11/2007 29/02/2008 250 EUR -- -- EUR 12/05/2008 TAN Mehmet Zülfi 31385/02 04/12/2007 04/03/2008 No just satisfaction awarded APAYDIN 502/03 12/02/2008 12/05/2008 121 EUR 225 EUR -- EUR 11/08/2008 DENİZ Faruk 19646/03 12/02/2008 12/05/2008 2 480 EUR 3 000 EUR -- 5 480 EUR 11/08/2008 KILIÇ and KORKUT 25949/03+ 12/02/2008 12/05/2008 503 EUR 2 000 EUR -- 2 503 EUR 11/08/2008 GÖKTAŞ Ali 9323/03 12/02/2008 12/05/2008 3040 EUR 3 000 EUR -- 6 040 EUR 11/08/2008 KIZIL and others 1375/03 08/04/2008 08/07/2008 No just satisfaction awarded TEKELİOĞLU 16139/03 27/05/2008 27/08/2008 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 19/11/2008 DEMİRCİ 21843/02 03/06/2008 03/09/2008 No just satisfaction awarded BALABAN 4236/03 24/06/2008 24/09/2008 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 18/12/2008 UÇMA 15071/03 04/03/2008 04/06/2008 No just satisfaction awarded KEŞ 17174/03 02/12/2008 02/03/2009 -- -- 2 000 EUR 2 000 EUR 29/05/2009 DUMAN 17149/03 27/01/2009 27/04/2009 -- -- 1 900 EUR 1 900EUR 06/07/2009 KARAKOÇ Şahin 19462/04 29/04/2008 29/07/2008 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 8/10/2008 DEMİREL Hünkar No.2 12166/03 20/10/2009 20/01/2010 -- -- 1 000 EUR 1 000 EUR 30/04/2010 ARGA 27803/02 28/07/2009 28/10/2009 No just satisfaction awarded ÇALIŞKAN 25506/03 20/10/2009 20/01/2010 No just satisfaction awarded ŞENTÜRK 27577/04 24/11/2009 24/02/2010 No just satisfaction awarded b) Individual measures Taking into account the Committee’s Recommendation Rec(2000)2 and the particular circumstances of each case, it was considered that the violations found by the Court in these cases concern procedural shortcomings which were not serious enough to pose doubt as to the outcome of the domestic proceedings complained of and that the domestic decisions at issue are not contrary to the Convention with respect to the merits. The just satisfaction provided in the European Court’s judgments has been paid to the applicants. Consequently, no other individual measure was considered necessary by the Committee of Ministers. II. General measures - Concerning the issue of the non-communication of the Public Prosecutor’s opinion , Article 297 of the new Code of Criminal Procedure, adopted on 17/12/2004 and entered into force on 01/06/2005, requires notification of written opinions of the Principle Public Prosecutor to parties by the competent chamber of the Court of Cassation. - As far as the absence of a hearing in compensation proceedings is concerned , Article 142, paragraph 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that the competent court shall render its decision only after hearing a plaintiff, the public prosecutor and the representative of the Treasury. - As far as the late payment of compensation granted by the domestic courts (Apaydın, Deniz Faruk, Göktaş Ali, Göktaş, and Kılıç and Korkut cases) is concerned , the measures had already been taken to prevent new violations of the same kind (see Resolutions ResDH(2001)70 and ResDH(2001)71 in the cases Aka and Akkuş against Turkey, respectively), in particular through the entry into force on 1 January 2000 of Law No. 4489, which brought the statutory rate of default interest into line with the annual rediscount rate applied by the Turkish Central Bank to short-term debts (the latter rate is fixed and permanently reviewed in accordance with the country’s inflation rate). III. Conclusions of the respondent state The government considers that the measures adopted have fully remedied the consequences for the applicants of the violations found by the Court in these cases, that the general measures adopted will prevent similar violations and that Turkey has thus complied with its obligations under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention Adopted by the Committee of Ministers by tacit procedure in accordance with the decision taken at the 1128th meeting (December 2011) under item F. The applicants did not claim the payment of default interest in view of the minimal sum involved. BAILII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Donate to BAILII

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