Turkiye tops EU countries in carrying out ECtHR rulings

By Kemal Karadag

ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye carries out European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rulings at a rate above that of all EU member states, according to official data from the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

The new statistics show that the court sent 29,463 decisions about all EU states to the Committee of Ministers from 1959 to this April 9.

According to the data, only 23,727 of the rulings were carried out, making the rate of execution by EU states 80.53%.

Meanwhile, the court forwarded 4,249 rulings about Turkiye to the Committee of Ministers. With 3,750 of these carried out, Turkiye's rate of execution of the court rulings was 88.04%, beating the average of all EU countries.

Furthermore, Turkiye is the country with the highest number of cases closed in the last three years. The Committee of Ministers concluded the review of a total of 1,122 documents after accepting that Turkiye has taken necessary steps.

- Athens failed to carry out ruling on Turks in Western Thrace for 14 years

Greece is among some of the member states that fail to carry out the court rulings, including rulings to protect the rights of Turks in the Western Thrace region.

In 13 meetings of the Committee of Ministers, they demanded implementation of the court rulings, yet Greece has not fulfilled these decisions for nearly 14 years.