Background

Mark Kantor on OGEMID: The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) addressed compensation for expropriation under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights (right to property) when the property in question was a building of historical and cultural value. The expropriated building, in the Tarsus District at Adana, was listed on both Turkish and Council of Europe rosters for protection of cultural and natural heritage. The Grand Chamber of the ECHR held 16-1 in Kozacioglu v. Turkey that Turkey had violated Article 1 when it ...