Akçakoyun v. Türki̇Ye

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 37288/20 İclal AKÇAKOYUN against Türkiye

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 16 May 2024 as a Committee composed of:

Diana Sârcu, President , Davor Derenčinović, Gediminas Sagatys , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 30 July 2020,

Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.

The applicant was represented by Mr E. Gündüz, a lawyer practising in Kayseri.

The applicant’s complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings was communicated to the Turkish Government (“the Government”).

THE LAW

The Court, having examined all the materials submitted to it and having regard to the criteria established in its case-law on the subject (see, among many other authorities, Frydlender v. France [GC], no. 30979/96, § 43, ECHR 2000-VII), considers that the applicant’s complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention, concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings, is inadmissible on the ground that the length of the proceedings of approximately five years was not excessive or unreasonable since the case was considered by three judicial instances during this period (see, for example, Loizou v. Turkey (dec.), no. 50646/15, 3 October 2017). Having regard to all the circumstances of the case and, in particular, to the overall duration of the proceedings, the Court finds that their length did not in itself exceed what may be considered “reasonable”.

In view of the above, the Court finds that this complaint is manifestly ill ‑ founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Declares the application inadmissible.

Done in English and notified in writing on 6 June 2024.

Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Sârcu Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention

(excessive length of civil proceedings)

Application no.

Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Representative’s name and location

Start of proceedings

End of proceedings

Total length

Levels of jurisdiction

Award by the Constitutional Court

(in euros)

File number

Final decision by the Constitutional Court

Date

37288/20

30/07/2020

İclal AKÇAKOYUN

1958

Ertan Gündüz

Kayseri

14/12/2015

10/11/2020

4 years, 10 months and 28 days

3 levels of jurisdiction

0

2019/42141

12/05/2020