SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 33368/18
Cem DİNÇ against Türkiye
and 18 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 6 April 2023 as a Committee composed of:
Frédéric Krenc, President,
Diana Sârcu,
Davor Derenčinović, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of the applicants and their representatives is set out in the appendix.
The applicants’ various complaints under Article 5 of the Convention were communicated to the Turkish Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.
By letters, sent by registered post and dated 6 October 2022, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired on the various dates and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicants’ 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 registered letters either returned to the Court as unclaimed or were received by the applicants. No reply to the letters has been received by the Court and there are no previous letters from the applicants informing the Court about the change of address.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
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 applications.
Accordingly, the cases should be struck out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 11 May 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 5 of the Convention
No.
Application no.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth
Place of Residence
Nationality
Represented by
1.
33368/18
Dinç v. Türkiye
03/07/2018
Cem DİNÇ
1972
Kırıkkale
Turkish
Neslin YAVUZ DİNÇ
2.
39113/18
Öztürk v. Türkiye
28/04/2018
Murat ÖZTÜRK
1975
Ordu
Turkish
Neziha YILMAZ
3.
40472/18
Abalı v. Türkiye
10/08/2018
Özkan ABALI
1992
Manisa
Turkish
Süleyman ŞAHİN
4.
44651/18
Atılgan v. Türkiye
06/09/2018
Ömer ATILGAN
1970
Çorum
Turkish
5.
45087/18
Taşkın v. Türkiye
17/09/2018
Emre TAŞKIN
1984
Bursa
Turkish
Yasemin TAŞKIN
6.
45297/18
Ergin v. Türkiye
21/09/2018
Mustafa ERGİN
1988
Balıkesir
Turkish
Saliha ERGİN
7.
45334/18
Kaçar v. Türkiye
11/09/2018
Buhari KAÇAR
1972
Manisa
Turkish
8.
47561/18
İçer v. Türkiye
06/07/2018
İbrahim İÇER
1973
Ankara
Turkish
9.
47703/18
Kaplan v. Türkiye
25/09/2018
Ahmet KAPLAN
1972
Osmaniye
Turkish
10.
48051/18
Yıldız v. Türkiye
25/09/2018
Adnan YILDIZ
1970
Kocaeli
Turkish
11.
49298/18
Kocaer v. Türkiye
08/10/2018
Ahmet KOCAER
1966
Aksaray
Turkish
Ese KOCAER
12.
49405/18
Öztürk v. Türkiye
12/10/2018
Şenol ÖZTÜRK
1989
Bolu
Turkish
Nursel AKGÜN
13.
50055/18
Yılmaz v. Türkiye
06/10/2018
Yılmaz YILMAZ
1981
Zonguldak
Turkish
14.
50258/18
İlhan v. Türkiye
26/09/2018
Eyüp İLHAN
1983
Konya
Turkish
Meral İLHAN
15.
50627/18
Sayın v. Türkiye
22/10/2018
Mücahit SAYIN
1976
Tekirdağ
Turkish
16.
50884/18
Şahin Balcık v. Türkiye
19/10/2018
Özlem ŞAHİN BALCIK
1975
Samsun
Turkish
Süeda Esma ŞEN KARA
17.
51101/18
Yanmaz v. Türkiye
25/10/2018
Kazım YANMAZ
1987
SEE REP. ADDRESS
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
18.
53546/18
Suyabatmaz v. Türkiye
08/11/2018
Mustafa SUYABATMAZ
1977
Ankara
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
19.
53608/18
Kaya v. Türkiye
08/11/2018
Mehmet Oğuz KAYA
1963
Ankara
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN