1) It was stated that annulment of coastal title deeds by the courts was an intervention that resulted in “deprivation”, as stipulated in article 1 of Protocol no. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees property
owners “peaceful enjoyment of their possessions”. In addition, since there is no doubt that property owners were deprived of their properties by a judicial decision made in favour of the public interest, the deprivation of property had a legal objective.
2) It was agreed that the failure to pay any compensation to the plaintiffs “disturbs the fair balance which should be established between the protection of ownership and general interest” against property owners. For this reason, it was decided that article 1 of Protocol no. 1 had been violated.
3) In accordance with the decision of violation determined by the ECHR, the Turkish state should, if possible, either allow the continuation of private property on the shore or, if there is no possibility for the elimination of the results of the violation, pay the compensation. The background of the determined violation was lack of compensation rather than the illegality of the
annulment of the land registry.
4) It was declared that, since the violation involved a lack of compensation, the compensation amount does not have to reflect the full value and, therefore, an amount which would satisfy the expectations of the plaintiffs was determined by the ECHR in a lump sum. In these types of court cases, the ECHR does not make a property appraisal in a way that serves as a basis for direct compensation. Considering the view that it is not possible to determine the rightful compensation based on an appraisal report in the files of the parties, the ECHR specifies a compensation amount higher than the amount envisaged by the Turkish state and lower than the amount demanded by the property owners. This ratio varies between 50% and 80% of the price. Data on the individuals whose title deeds