SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 18493/21
Orhan AYDİN
against Türkiye
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 27 February 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Gediminas Sagatys, President,
Stéphane Pisani,
Juha Lavapuro, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 29 March 2021,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Orhan Aydın, was born in 1954. He was represented by Mr O. Demir, a lawyer practising in Istanbul.
The applicant’s complaint under Article 10 of the Convention was communicated to the Turkish Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.
By letter dated 2 August 2024, sent to the applicant’s representative via the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms) and by post, the representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of the applicant’s observations had expired on 8 July 2024 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’s representative’s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application.
The letter sent by post could not be delivered and was returned to the Registry on 30 August 2024. However, the applicant’s representative downloaded this correspondence on his eComms account on 3 August 2024. No response has followed.
THE LAW
In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.
Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 20 March 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Gediminas Sagatys
Acting Deputy Registrar President