SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 84/18
Ramazan ÖZBEK against Türkiye
and 20 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 23 March 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 dated 6 October 2022, sent by registered post, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired on 24 August 2022 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 and to which they did not respond. There are also 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 13 April 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.
84/18
Özbek v. Türkiye
06/12/2017
Ramazan ÖZBEK
1982
Elazig
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
2.
86/18
Tan v. Türkiye
06/12/2017
Naim TAN
1971
Elazig
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
3.
133/18
Çiftçi v. Türkiye
06/12/2017
İrfan ÇİFTÇİ
1979
Elazig
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
4.
144/18
Eker v. Türkiye
06/12/2017
Hüseyin EKER
1983
Elazig
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
5.
6480/18
Arslan v. Türkiye
03/01/2018
Ufuk ARSLAN
1991
Konya
Turkish
İsmail ZEYBEK
6.
6691/18
Uzundal v. Türkiye
25/01/2018
Mehmet UZUNDAL
1992
Kirikkale
Turkish
Havvana UZUNDAL
7.
7741/18
Güneş v. Türkiye
15/01/2018
Mehmet GÜNEŞ
1991
Sanliurfa
Turkish
8.
7747/18
Gökçe v. Türkiye
17/01/2018
Üsame GÖKÇE
1984
Konya
Turkish
Beytül GÖKÇE
9.
10891/18
Bulmuş v. Türkiye
06/02/2018
Cihan BULMUŞ
1984
Sivas
Turkish
10.
14910/18
Güler v. Türkiye
13/03/2018
Ali GÜLER
1989
Burdur
Turkish
11.
16895/18
Arslanbaba v. Türkiye
26/03/2018
Mustafa ARSLANBABA
1984
Kutahya
Turkish
Turgut ÖZEN
12.
16900/18
Kartal v. Türkiye
28/03/2018
Ferhat KARTAL
1991
Erzurum
Turkish
13.
17569/18
Çengelci v. Türkiye
08/03/2018
Ali ÇENGELCİ
1970
Afyonkarahisar
Turkish
14.
19290/18
Yılmaz v. Türkiye
13/04/2018
Seçkin YILMAZ
1976
Ankara
Turkish
Mikail Mustafa ŞAHIN
15.
20469/18
Koç v. Türkiye
17/04/2018
Ramazan KOÇ
1973
Afyonkarahisar
Turkish
Ahmet ALAYBEYOĞLU
16.
21908/18
Aksoy v. Türkiye
27/04/2018
Hasanbasri AKSOY
1969
Ankara
Turkish
17.
41587/18
Esen v. Türkiye
08/08/2018
Sinan ESEN
1976
Sivas
Turkish
Ibrahim KAMBUR
18.
45718/18
Seçgin v. Türkiye
19/09/2018
Ahmet SEÇGİN
1982
Elazığ
Turkish
19.
46372/18
Tuncer v. Türkiye
27/09/2018
Abdullah Murat TUNCER
1957
Ankara
Turkish
Namık ÖZTÜRK
20.
46421/18
Şakiroğlu v. Türkiye
12/09/2018
Sait ŞAKIROĞLU
1981
Kayseri
Turkish
Metin SÖNMEZ
21.
46901/18
Alimoğlu v. Türkiye
24/09/2018
Abdullah Ömer ALIMOĞLU
1991
Ankara
Turkish