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issued by the Registrar of the Court   ECHR 312 (2019)   17.09.2019   Judgments of 17 September 2019   The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing ten judgments1:   one Chamber judgment is summarised below; a separate press release has been issued for another   Chamber judgment in the case of Akdağ v. Turkey (application no. 75460/10);   one separate press release has also been issued for a Committee judgment in the case of Iovcev and   Others v. the Republic of Moldova and Russia (no. 40942/14);   the seven other Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been submitted to the   Court, can be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.   The judgment below is available only in French.   Avşar and Tekin v. Turkey (applications nos. 19302/09 and 49089/12)   The applicants, Abdulkerim Avşar and Abdulkerim Tekin, are Turkish nationals who were born in   and 1967 respectively. After being sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorist offences and   attempted territorial separatism respectively, they each asked to be transferred to a prison nearer   their family home.   At the time of lodging his application, Mr Avşar was being held in the F-type prison in Kırıkkale,   whereas his family lived in Diyarbakır. His mother, who was suffering from Parkinson’s disease, was   unable to travel. In June 2008 Mr Avşar’s lawyer asked the Ankara Directorate General of Prisons to   transfer his client to a prison in the province of Diyarbakır. Mr Avşar twice applied to the Directorate   General of Prisons attached to the Ministry of Justice for the same purpose. The Ministry of Justice   refused his requests. In December 2008 Mr Avşar wrote to the Kırıkkale post-sentencing judge   challenging the Directorate General’s refusal to allow his request for a transfer. The judge rejected   his application on the grounds that he did not have jurisdiction to rule on the matter. Mr Avşar   appealed against the judge’s decision. The Kırıkkale Assize Court dismissed the appeal and decided   to refer the request to the Ministry of Justice. On 25 May 2018 Mr Avşar was transferred to   Diyarbakır T-type prison.   At the time of lodging his application, Mr Tekin was being held in the F-type prison in Kırıkkale,   whereas his family lived in a village near Siirt. In November 2011 Mr Tekin applied to the Ministry of   Justice to be transferred closer to his family. The Ministry refused his application on the grounds that   the prisons to which he had asked to be transferred had reached full capacity. Mr Tekin applied to   the Kırıkkale post-sentencing judge challenging that decision. In April 2012 the judge found that the   refusal by the Ministry had not been unlawful. Mr Tekin appealed to the Kırıkkale Assize Court,   which dismissed his appeal. On 22 August 2016 Mr Tekin informed the Court’s Registry that he had   been transferred to a prison some 1,500 km away from Siirt.   Under Articles 43 and 44 of the Convention, Chamber judgments are not final. During the three-month period following a Chamber   judgment’s delivery, any party may request that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber of the Court. If such a request is made, a   panel of five judges considers whether the case deserves further examination. In that event, the Grand Chamber will hear the case and   deliver a final judgment. If the referral request is refused, the Chamber judgment will become final on that day. Under Article 28 of the   Convention, judgments delivered by a Committee are final.   Once a judgment becomes final, it is transmitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for supervision of its execution.   Further information about the execution process can be found here: www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution   Relying on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on   Human Rights, the applicants complained that their requests to be transferred to a prison closer to   their family home had been rejected.   Violation of Article 8   Just satisfaction: 6,000 euros (EUR) each to Mr Avşar and Mr Tekin for non-pecuniary damage, and   EUR 1,000 to Mr Avşar for costs and expenses   This press release is a document produced by the Registry. It does not bind the Court. Decisions,   judgments and further information about the Court can be found on www.echr.coe.int. To receive   the Court’s press releases, please subscribe here: www.echr.coe.int/RSS/en or follow us on Twitter   @ECHR_Press.   Press contacts   [email protected] | tel: +33 3 90 21 42 08   Tracey Turner-Tretz (tel: + 33 3 88 41 35 30)   Denis Lambert (tel: + 33 3 90 21 41 09)   Inci Ertekin (tel: + 33 3 90 21 55 30)   Patrick Lannin (tel: + 33 3 90 21 44 18)   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe Member   States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights.   2