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SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 50185/17
Sefa ÇETİNKAYA and Others
against Türkiye
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 19 February 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphane Pisani, President,
Juha Lavapuro,
Hugh Mercer, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application against the Republic of Türkiye lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 7 June 2017,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Mr L. Ercan, a lawyer practising in Ankara.
The applicants’ complaints under Articles 6 and 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention concerning the non‑enforcement of domestic decisions were communicated to the Turkish Government (“the Government”).
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Türkiye in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them jointly the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above‑mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, 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 will constitute the final resolution of the case before the European Court of Human Rights.
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 the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 12 March 2026.
Viktoriya Maradudina Stéphane Pisani
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Articles 6 and 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention
(non‑enforcement of domestic court decisions)
Application no. | Applicant’s name Year of birth | Representative’s name and location | Date of receipt of Government’s declaration | Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration | Amount awarded jointly for pecuniary and non‑pecuniary damage (in euros)[1] | Amount awarded jointly for costs and expenses (in euros)[2] |
50185/17 07/06/2017 (3 applicants) | Sefa ÇETİNKAYA 1967 Caner Mert ÇETİNKAYA 1990 Cansu ÇETİNKAYA 1993 | Ercan Levent Ankara | 29/09/2025 | 05/11/2025 | 3,500 | 500 |
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.