SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 63787/17
Gökhan DOĞANYİĞİT
against Türkiye
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 14 September 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 application lodged on 18 January 2017,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Gökhan Doğanyiğit, was born in 1976.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 5 § 1 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 applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.
By letter dated 24 October 2022, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 12 September 2022 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’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 applicant did not receive this letter as he changed his address without informing the Court.
THE LAW
As the applicant did not submit the documents and information requested by the Registry in due time and changed his address without informing the Court and providing a new address for correspondence, he cannot be considered to intend to pursue his application before the Court. 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 5 October 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc
Acting Deputy Registrar President