Přehled
Rozhodnutí
SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 14046/05
Murat ARSLANOĞLU against Turkey
and 124 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 11 October 2016 as a Committee composed of:
Nebojša Vučinić, President,
Valeriu Griţco,
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, judges,
and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
THE FACTS
1. A list of the applicants and their representatives are set out in the appendix. The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent.
A. The circumstances of the case
2. The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.
3. The applicants were all serving their prison sentences or were in pre-trial detention when the present applications were lodged. Disciplinary boards of respective prisons decided to impose on the applicants’ correspondence several types of monitoring measures such as stopping, destroying or censoring their private letters.
4. The applicants challenged the prison authorities’ decisions before the enforcement judges and the assize courts respectively. The domestic courts dismissed the applicants’ objections and ruled that the impugned restrictions were consistent with the domestic laws and regulations and were justified by reasons of order and security in the prisons, prevention of offences and protection of third parties.
B. Relevant domestic law
5. A description of the domestic law regarding the new remedy introduced by Law no. 6384 can be found in Sayan v. Turkey (dec.), no. 49460/11, §§ 6-12, 14 June 2016).
COMPLAINTS
6. The applicants invoked Articles 8, 9, 10 and/or 14 of the Convention and complained that the restrictions imposed on their correspondence breached, in a discriminatory manner, their right to respect for their correspondence solely or together with their right to freedom of thought and their right to free expression. Some of the applicants also invoked Articles 6 and 13 of the Convention and complained about the ineffectiveness and unfairness of the procedures before the national courts. Finally, based on the same facts some of the applicants invoked Articles 1, 3, 5, 7, 17 and 18 of the Convention, Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 and Protocols nos. 4, 6, 7 and 13.
THE LAW
7. Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, at the outset the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
8. The Court will examine the applications solely from the standpoint of Article 8 of the Convention (see Asan v. Turkey (dec.), no. 38453/09, 30 August 2016).
9. 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 9 March 2016 to examine complaints relating to, among other things, the alleged breach of the right to respect for correspondence of detainees or convicted persons, on account of the prison administration’s refusal to receive or send letters or similar correspondence that are drafted in Turkish. Accordingly, they maintained that the applicants had not exhausted domestic remedies, as they had not made any application to the Compensation Commission.
10. The Court has examined similar applications against Turkey on several occasions and found a violation of Article 8 of the Convention on the grounds that the interference was not “in accordance with the law” (see Tan v. Turkey, no. 9460/03, §§ 24-26, 3 July 2007, and Tur v. Turkey, no. 13692/03, §§ 23-25, 11 June 2013) or was not “necessary in a democratic society” (see Fazıl Ahmet Tamer v. Turkey, no. 6289/02, §§ 54-56, 5 December 2006, and Mehmet Nuri Özen v. Turkey, no. 37619/05, §§ 18-19, 2 February 2010).
11. Furthermore, the Court also notes that in its decision in the case of Ümmühan Kaplan (no. 24240/07, § 77, 20 March 2012), 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 v. Turkey ((dec.), no. 4860/09, §§ 47-59, 26 March 2013); Çakır and Others v. Turkey ((dec.), no. 51274/07, § 6, 25 June 2013); Yöyler and Others v. Turkey ((dec.), no. 10783/07, §§ 11-13, 16 December 2014); Yıldız and Yanak ((dec.), no. 44013/07, § 29-38, 27 May 2014); and Sayan v. Turkey ((dec.), no. 49460/11, 14 June 2016).
12. In view of the above, the Court concludes that the applications 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 17 November 2016.
Hasan Bakırcı Nebojša Vučinić
Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
No. | Application No. | Lodged on | Applicant Date of birth Place of residence | Represented by |
14046/05 | 05/04/2005 | Murat ARSLANOĞLU 18/05/1968 Karaman | ||
27932/05 | 25/02/2005 | Suat DUMAN 28/07/1970 İzmir | Mehmet ERBİL | |
49196/06 | 21/11/2006 | Muhittin ALTIN 30/03/1974 Kırıkkale | ||
16487/07 | 03/04/2007 | Recep BEKİK 15/09/1969 Ankara | ||
20926/07 | 15/03/2007 | Erhan KAYA 16/10/1970 Erzurum | ||
22255/07 | 21/05/2007 | Erdener DEMİREL 21/11/1980 Tekirdağ | Metin FİLORİNALI | |
26251/07 | 21/05/2007 | Vahdettin BUDAK 03/04/1977 İzmir | ||
27105/07 | 15/06/2007 | Mehmet Şerif ÖNER 01/01/1975 İzmir | Türkan ASLAN | |
27672/07 | 20/06/2007 | Ahmet KAYA 02/03/1957 Kars | ||
34450/07 | 09/07/2007 | Mehmet Reşit ARSLAN 01/06/1966 Ankara | ||
39135/07 | 23/08/2007 | Diyadin AKDEMİR 01/01/1974 Kocaeli | İnan AKMEŞE | |
40904/07 | 06/09/2007 | Abdullah KANAT 22/07/1956 Diyarbakır | Abdullah AKIN | |
43819/07 | 25/09/2007 | Kenan KARAASLAN 18/12/1966 Bolu | Murat VARGÜN | |
52333/07 | 30/10/2007 | Metin YAMALAK 10/06/1980 Bolu | Mehmet ERBİL | |
56448/07 | 27/11/2007 | Ahmet KAYA 02/03/1957 Kars | ||
6560/08 | 23/01/2008 | Abdi CANGI 17/07/1971 Tekirdağ | Oya ASLAN | |
8267/08 | 07/02/2008 | Mehmet DESDE 05/01/1959 Berlin | Çetin BİNGÖLBALI | |
11135/08 | 07/02/2008 | Hüseyin Habip TAŞKIN 17/11/1960 İzmir | Çetin BİNGÖLBALI | |
13042/08 | 04/03/2008 | Eyüp TURĞAY 22/04/1972 Ankara | Murat VARGÜN | |
13693/08 | 07/02/2008 | Serhat ÇETİNER 23/10/1972 Kırıkkale | Sertaç ÇETİNER | |
13713/08 | 07/02/2008 | Serhat ÇETİNER 23/10/1972 Kırıkkale | Sertaç ÇETİNER | |
13715/08 | 07/02/2008 | Serhat ÇETİNER 23/10/1972 Kırıkkale | Sertaç ÇETİNER | |
13724/08 | 07/02/2008 | Serhat ÇETİNER 23/10/1972 Kırıkkale | Sertaç ÇETİNER | |
13726/08 | 07/02/2008 | Serhat ÇETİNER 23/10/1972 Kırıkkale | Sertaç ÇETİNER | |
13730/08 | 07/02/2008 | Serhat ÇETİNER 23/10/1972 Kırıkkale | Sertaç ÇETİNER | |
14014/08 | 28/02/2008 | Abdullah AYDIN 01/03/1971 Şanlıurfa | ||
14814/08 | 07/03/2008 | Ali Rıza KALAN 25/10/1973 Bolu | Mehmet ERBİL | |
14949/08 | 12/03/2008 | Murat KARAYEL 10/05/1971 Kırıkkale | Fazıl Ahmet TAMER | |
15647/08 | 04/03/2008 | Turgut KOYUNCU 10/10/1974 İzmir | Hesin DURSUN | |
15952/08 | 04/03/2008 | Gültekin AYDEMİR 03/04/1973 İzmir | ||
16331/08 | 21/03/2008 | Mehmet Sabri YAKUT 02/03/1974 Erzincan | ||
16614/08 | 14/03/2008 | Hüseyin BİLGE 01/01/1968 Şanlıurfa | ||
17441/08 | 06/03/2008 | Soncan GEDİK 14/08/1967 Antalya | Murat VARGÜN | |
17442/08 | 06/03/2008 | Soncan GEDİK 14/08/1967 Antalya | Murat VARGÜN | |
17443/08 | 25/03/2008 | Soncan GEDİK 14/08/1967 Antalya | Murat VARGÜN | |
19430/08 | 05/12/2005 | Musa ŞANAK 11/12/1964 Ankara | Sinem COŞKUN | |
19437/08 | 21/06/2005 | Fethi OKTAY 01/01/1968 Bolu | ||
19627/08 | 25/03/2008 | Kemal YİĞİT 20/10/1982 İzmir | Esin ASLAN | |
19636/08 | 01/04/2008 | Hayati KAYTAN 01/05/1968 Ankara | Murat VARGÜN | |
19641/08 | 01/04/2008 | Süleyman TATAR 02/04/1970 Ankara | Fazıl Ahmet TAMER | |
20551/08 | 17/03/2008 | Turgut KOYUNCU 10/10/1974 İzmir | Hesin DURSUN | |
25947/08 | 01/05/2008 | Sinan TÜRKMAN 01/01/1966 Bolu | ||
26967/08 | 15/05/2008 | Mehmet Nuri ÖZEN 10/05/1976 İzmir | ||
27164/08 | 02/04/2008 | Abdullah AYDIN 01/03/1971 Şanlıurfa | ||
28234/08 | 27/05/2008 | Mesut YURTSEVER 12/02/1974 Bolu | Faik Özgür EROL | |
28403/08 | 13/05/2008 | Serhat ÇETİNER 23/10/1972 Kırıkkale | Sertaç ÇETİNER | |
28407/08 | 13/05/2008 | Serhat ÇETİNER 23/10/1972 Kırıkkale | Sertaç ÇETİNER | |
29210/08 | 07/04/2008 | Hüseyin BİLGE 01/01/1968 Şanlıurfa | ||
29327/08 | 26/05/2008 | Turgut KOYUNCU 10/10/1974 İzmir | Hesin DURSUN | |
30532/08 | 16/06/2008 | Fevzi ABO 01/01/1985 Tekirdağ | Mehmet ERBİL | |
31951/08 | 02/04/2008 | Hasan OZAN 02/01/1961 Antalya | Ercan KANAR | |
32534/08 | 18/06/2008 | Mehmet Emin EKİNCİ 20/04/1986 Tekirdağ | İnan AKMEŞE | |
32631/08 | 07/07/2008 | Hasan OZAN 02/01/1961 Edirne | Ercan KANAR | |
32727/08 | 27/05/2008 | Ali BALIN 15/11/1980 İzmir | ||
36811/08 | 15/04/2008 | Mehmet Çelebi ÇALAN 01/09/1967 Ankara | Murat VARGÜN | |
36823/08 | 15/04/2008 | Mehmet Çelebi ÇALAN 01/09/1967 Ankara | Murat VARGÜN | |
36863/08 | 07/04/2008 | Hüseyin BİLGE 01/01/1968 Şanlıurfa | ||
36864/08 | 07/04/2008 | Hüseyin BİLGE 01/01/1968 Şanlıurfa | ||
36893/08 | 15/04/2008 | Mehmet Çelebi ÇALAN 01/09/1967 Ankara | Murat VARGÜN | |
36921/08 | 15/04/2008 | Mehmet Çelebi ÇALAN 01/09/1967 Ankara | Murat VARGÜN | |
36932/08 | 24/06/2008 | Mehmet Çelebi ÇALAN 01/09/1967 Ankara | Murat VARGÜN | |
36944/08 | 24/06/2008 | Mehmet Çelebi ÇALAN 01/09/1967 Ankara | Murat VARGÜN | |
37938/08 | 31/07/2008 | Şehmus YILDIZ 01/05/1974 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37939/08 | 31/07/2008 | Kutsi ÇAĞIŞ 03/03/1968 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37940/08 | 31/07/2008 | İbrahim ATEŞ 01/01/1975 Balıkesir | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37941/08 | 31/07/2008 | Veysel AVCI 10/05/1970 Karabük | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37942/08 | 31/07/2008 | Ahmet MUSTAFA 24/06/1975 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37943/08 | 31/07/2008 | Aydın KUDAT 01/01/1969 Adıyaman | ||
37944/08 | 31/07/2008 | Yusuf KARANLIK 12/04/1969 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37945/08 | 31/07/2008 | Faik ÇİRİK 29/10/1965 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37946/08 | 31/07/2008 | Yılmaz DEMİR 10/02/1971 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37947/08 | 31/07/2008 | Mehmet ATEŞ 01/01/1970 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37948/08 | 31/07/2008 | İbrahim AKSOY 04/04/1958 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37950/08 | 31/07/2008 | Ramazan ATEŞ 01/02/1967 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37951/08 | 31/07/2008 | Hamdin DEMİRKIRAN 15/03/1971 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37953/08 | 31/07/2008 | Sinan GÜL 10/12/1975 Adıyaman | Umut GÜL | |
37954/08 | 31/07/2008 | İsmail TAŞAR 09/07/1976 Bolu | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37955/08 | 31/07/2008 | Abdulselam SÜSİN 10/06/1969 Karabük | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37956/08 | 31/07/2008 | Nimet DEGİŞ 10/04/1957 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37957/08 | 31/07/2008 | Cengiz AYAR 05/01/1973 Kocaeli | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37958/08 | 31/07/2008 | İsmail BİÇEN 04/02/1973 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37959/08 | 31/07/2008 | İlyas DOĞAN 29/08/1975 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37960/08 | 31/07/2008 | Mehmet Emin SIRÇA 05/06/1976 Eskişehir | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37961/08 | 31/07/2008 | Abdurrahman GÜNER 20/12/1970 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37962/08 | 31/07/2008 | Mehmet Şirin İVRENDİ 01/01/1970 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37963/08 | 31/07/2008 | Şükrü AKBAŞ 01/01/1967 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37965/08 | 31/07/2008 | Cemal ÇAKIR 20/09/1965 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37966/08 | 31/07/2008 | Mehmet Ali KAYADAĞ 31/01/1973 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37967/08 | 31/07/2008 | Abdullatif SÖNMEZ 02/02/1972 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37968/08 | 31/07/2008 | Kazım ÇALIŞIR 01/10/1966 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37969/08 | 31/07/2008 | Abdulvahap YILMAZ 01/06/1967 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37970/08 | 31/07/2008 | Hüseyin BİLECAN 20/09/1974 Tekirdağ | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37971/08 | 31/07/2008 | Ali Ejder ELYAKUT 04/03/1978 Karabük | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
37972/08 | 31/07/2008 | Nihat ŞAHİN 03/03/1972 Tekirdağ | ||
38072/08 | 30/07/2008 | Ufuk KESKİN 08/05/1976 İzmir | ||
38140/08 | 31/07/2008 | Halil ARSLAN 02/08/1975 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
38276/08 | 30/07/2008 | Abdulmenaf OSMAN 14/04/1965 Kocaeli | ||
38291/08 | 31/07/2008 | Mehmet ÇELİK 31/07/1975 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
38297/08 | 28/07/2008 | Remzi ALMAZ 06/06/1973 Eskişehir | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
38299/08 | 31/07/2008 | Ahmet İBRAHİM 01/09/1972 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
38304/08 | 01/04/2008 | Ramazan NAZLIER 21/12/1973 Diyarbakır | ||
38308/08 | 31/07/2008 | Barış KILIÇ 01/03/1976 Eskişehir | ||
38314/08 | 31/07/2008 | Nevzat BAHADIR 10/07/1978 Adıyaman | Ünsal TANRIVERDİ | |
38810/08 | 16/06/2008 | Mahmut CENGİZ 20/03/1983 Tekirdağ | Mehmet ERBİL | |
39330/08 | 01/08/2008 | Diyadin AKDEMİR 01/01/1974 Kocaeli | İnan AKMEŞE | |
39706/08 | 31/07/2008 | Önder BİTİRGİÇ 01/06/1984 Kocaeli | Mehmet ERBİL | |
39949/08 | 28/07/2008 | Refik SÜNKÜR 03/02/1975 Bolu Engin BABAYİĞİT 01/01/1983 Bolu | Mehmet ERBİL | |
42340/08 | 19/08/2008 | Ramazan VURAL 05/01/1975 Bolu | Mehmet ERBİL | |
45787/08 | 13/09/2008 | Faruk YILDIZ 25/02/1973 Tekirdağ | Mehmet ERBİL | |
47891/08 | 23/09/2008 | Sertaç KILIÇARSLAN 01/02/1976 İzmir | ||
47976/08 | 22/09/2008 | Selçuk ESİN 23/01/1978 İzmir | ||
48078/08 | 24/09/2008 | Mehmet Enes TUNÇ 03/11/1972 Erzurum | ||
48133/08 | 22/09/2008 | Nizamettin MAHMUTOĞLU 01/01/1973 Siirt | Rehşan BATARAY SAMAN | |
48137/08 | 24/09/2008 | Kemal YİĞİT 20/10/1982 İzmir | Esin ASLAN | |
48141/08 | 25/09/2009 | Ferhat YİLDENİZ 12/04/1980 İzmir | Nezahat PAŞA BAYRAKTAR | |
51259/08 | 07/10/2008 | Cuma DAĞDÖĞEN 15/05/1979 İzmir | ||
52114/08 | 31/07/2008 | Davut AKGÜL 02/05/1973 Adıyaman | ||
52167/08 | 14/10/2008 | Hüseyin TUNÇ 01/01/1968 İzmir | ||
53824/08 | 21/10/2008 | Vahdettin BUDAK 03/04/1977 İzmir | ||
54371/08 | 17/10/2008 | Tamer TUNCER 25/10/1971 Kocaeli | Sevim AKAT EŞKİ | |
56362/08 | 30/10/2008 | Turgut KOYUNCU 10/10/1974 İzmir | Hesin DURSUN | |
58460/08 | 18/11/2008 | Ahmet ÇAKAL 13/01/1953 İzmir | ||
61532/08 | 04/12/2008 | Mehmet Şerif ÖNER 01/01/1975 İzmir | ||
61663/08 | 01/12/2008 | Abdülbari YILDIRIM 01/01/1964 İzmir | ||
62073/08 | 04/12/2008 | Bozo AÇLAN 27/04/1971 Edirne |