Auszug aus EGMR, 10.11.2009 - 35392/04

The relevant domestic law and practice in force at the material time as well as recent developments can be found in the following judgments: Öcalan v. Turkey ([GC], no. 46221/99, §§ 52-54, ECHR 2005-IV), AydoÄ?an and Others v. Turkey (no. 41967/02, § 17, 2 December 2008), and Salduz v. Turkey ([GC], no. 36391/02, §§ 27-31, 27 November 2008).

As to the length of the criminal proceedings, after examining the overall duration of the proceedings, which lasted five years and ten months, and taking into account that the case was of some complexity, the number of accused, the fact that the proceedings initially concerned two separate criminal cases against the first applicant and which were joined upon his request, that the case was dealt with at two levels of jurisdiction, with no significant delay at the appeal stage, and to the fact that the first applicant has not shown any substantial period of inactivity attributable to the judicial authorities for these periods, the Court does not consider that the length of the proceedings in respect of the first applicant in the present case was excessive (see, for example, AydoÄ?an and Others v. Turkey, no. 41967/02, § 29, 2 December 2008, and Mehmet Yavuz v. Turkey, no. 47043/99, §§ 46-58, 24 July 2007).