PROCEDURE

The case originated in an application (no. 10435/08) against the Republic of Turkey lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by five Turkish nationals, Mr Necip Dinçer, Mr Haydar Işık, Mr Nuri Işık, Mr Rıza Işık and Mr Ahmet Kankılıç (“the applicants”), on 15 January 2008. The applicants were represented by Mr A.F. Demirkan, a lawyer practising in Bursa. The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent.

On 12 June 2009 the President of the Second Section decided to give notice of the application to the Government. It was also decided to rule on the admissibility and merits of the application at the same time (Article 29 § 1).

By a letter sent in March 2009 the applicants’ representative informed the Court that the first applicant, Mr Necip Dinçer, had died on an unspecified date and that his heirs could not be reached.

THE FACTS

THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE

The applicants were born in 1921, 1941, 1946, 1948 and 1946 respectively and lived in Bursa.

In 2004 the General Directorate of Highways seized a plot of land belonging to the applicants without any formal expropriation, for the construction of a highway. The applicants brought an action before the Karacabey Civil Court to obtain compensation for the de facto expropriation of their property. They requested 5,500 Turkish liras (TRY) as compensation from the court and reserved their right to increase this claim in due course.

On 15 June 2006 the Karacabey Civil Court awarded the applicants TRY 5,500 as compensation for the de facto expropriation of their land, as requested, plus interest. The applicants initiated execution proceedings before the Bursa Execution Office to obtain that amount (file no. 2009/2819).

On 13 March 2007 the Court of Cassation upheld the judgment of the first-instance court.

The applicants subsequently brought an additional action (“ek dava”) before the Karacabey Civil Court to obtain further compensation for their land in the light of the expert report obtained during the previous proceedings, which had valued the land at a rate higher than that initially requested by them.

On 24 May 2007 the Karacabey Civil Court awarded the applicants TRY 372,445.25, plus interest. The applicants initiated another set of execution proceedings before the Bursa Execution Office to obtain the amount awarded (file no. 2007/6190).

On 16 October 2007 the Court of Cassation upheld the judgment of the Karacabey Civil Court, however reduced the amount awarded to the applicants to TRY 340,949.81.

On 26 March and 13 November 2009 the administration paid TRY 8,925 and 485,173 respectively to the files before the Bursa Execution Office. According to the information provided by the applicants, there has been no debt outstanding in the execution files.
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Mr Necip Dinçer
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Mr Haydar Işık
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Mr Nuri Işık
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Mr Rıza Işık
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Mr Ahmet Kankılıç
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15 January 2008
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Mr A.F. Demirkan
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Bursa
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March 2009
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Mr Necip Dinçer
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1921
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1941
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1946
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1948
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1946
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Bursa
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2004
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15 June 2006
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13 March 2007
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24 May 2007
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TRY 372,445.25,
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16 October 2007
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26 March
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13 November 2009
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Task: Annotate the document to anonymise the following person: Necip Dinçer