Ioannou Chira and Others v. Türki̇Ye

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 51898/17 Thalia IOANNOU CHIRA and Others against Türkiye and 6 other applications (see list appended)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 3 February 2026 as a Committee composed of:

Jovan Ilievski , President , Gediminas Sagatys, Hugh Mercer , judges , and Dorothee von Arnim, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

1 A list of the applicants and the relevant details are set out in the appendix.

2 The applicants complained of a prolonged non-enforcement of the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” (“TRNC”) Immovable Property Commission (“IPC”) awards made in their favour, the absence of any statutory interest for such a delay in enforcement and a lack of effective remedies. They also alleged that they had been discriminated against on the basis of their Greek Cypriot origin. The applicants relied on Articles 6, 8, 13 and 14 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention.

3 On the dates specified in the appendix, the applicants and their representatives informed the Court that the IPC award in the applicants’ favour had been duly executed and that therefore they did not wish to pursue their cases before the Court.

THE LAW

4 Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.

5 In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention or its Protocols, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications.

6 In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to join the applications;

Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.

Done in English and notified in writing on 5 March 2026.

Dorothee von Arnim Jovan Ilievski Deputy Registrar President

Appendix

List of cases:

No.

Application no.

Case name

Lodged on

Applicant Year of Birth Place of Residence Nationality

Represented by

Date of strike-out request

1.

51898/17

Ioannou Chira and Others v. Türkiye

30/05/2017

Thalia IOANNOU CHIRA 1948 Larnaka Cypriot Fotos FILIPPOU 1958 Larnaka Cypriot Maro FILIPPOU 1959 Larnaka Cypriot Nicos FILIPPOU 1964 Larnaka Cypriot Konstantinos IOANNOU

1961 Limassol Cypriot Yiannakis IOANNOU 1946 Larnaka Cypriot Kety KYRIAKIDOU 1944 Larnaka Cypriot Elenitsa NIKOLAOU 1954 Limassol Cypriot Katerina PHILIPPPOU KETSBAIA 1970 Larnaka Cypriot

Murat Metin HAKKI

07/05/2024

2.

68223/17

Demestichas and Others v. Türkiye

06/09/2017

Grigorios DEMESTICHAS 1940 Athens Greek Maria Dolores CHIMONAS 1944 Penteli Cypriot Aikaterini STAVROU 1945 Limassol Cypriot

Achilleas DEMETRIADES

29/05/2024

3.

59237/18

Lartidou v. Türkiye

26/11/2018

Chryso Aka Chrysula LARTIDOU 1947 Nicosia Cypriot

Ergin ULUNAY

11/06/2024

4.

57015/19

Fieros v. Türkiye

29/10/2019

Neoclis FIEROS 1951 Nicosia Cypriot

Achilleas DEMETRIADES

20/05/2024

5.

58007/19

Fieros v. Türkiye

29/10/2019

Nicos FIEROS 1949 Paralimni Cypriot

Achilleas DEMETRIADES

14/05/2024

6.

60369/19

Michaelidou v. Türkiye

18/11/2019

Sylvia MICHAELIDOU 1949 Nicosia Cypriot

Achilleas DEMETRIADES

18/07/2024

7.

33596/24

Konstantinou v. Türkiye

06/11/2024

Elena KONSTANTINOU 1971 Nicosia Cypriot

Achilleas DEMETRIADES

10/10/2025