SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 50951/14
Zekeriya ÖZ against Türkiye
and 11 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 28 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 applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants and their representatives is set out in the appendix.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 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 applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.
By letters dated 13 April 2023, sent by registered post, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired 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 applications 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 19 October 2023.
Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1
of the Convention
No.
Application no.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth
Represented by
1.
50951/14
Öz v. Türkiye
10/07/2014
Zekeriya ÖZ
1968
2.
71953/14
Kansız v. Türkiye
04/11/2014
Cihan KANSIZ
1969
Cemalettin MUTLU
3.
547/15
Kara v. Türkiye
17/12/2014
Celal KARA
1968
4.
20658/15
Yazar v. Türkiye
17/04/2015
Adem YAZAR
1968
5.
35471/15
Gelgör v. Türkiye
23/06/2015
Burhan GELGÖR
1970
Orhan TÜYSÜZOĞLU
6.
62574/15
Beytar v. Türkiye
02/12/2015
Ahmet BEYTAR
1975
7.
1012/16
Özgün v. Türkiye
21/12/2015
Akif ÖZGÜN
1968
8.
1451/16
Bayram v. Türkiye
17/12/2015
Muzaffer BAYRAM
1969
Bülent ÇİÇEKLİ
9.
4219/16
Koçaslan v. Türkiye
24/12/2015
Hüseyin KOÇASLAN
1974
10.
5617/16
Çağlar v. Türkiye
18/12/2015
Metin ÇAĞLAR
1972
11.
11775/16
Gündoğdu v. Türkiye
02/02/2016
Dursun Ali GÜNDOĞDU
1971
12.
11832/16
Özcan v. Türkiye
02/02/2016
Mesut ÖZCAN
1973