SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 49504/17
Muharrem Zeki ÖZCAN against Turkey
and 14 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 20 May 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Branko Lubarda, President,
Carlo Ranzoni,
Pauliine Koskelo, 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 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 letters.
By letters dated 18 December 2020, sent by registered post, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired on 15 October 2020 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 applicants received these letters between 7 and 28 January 2021. However, no response followed.
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 these 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 10 June 2021.
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Viktoriya MaradudinaBranko Lubarda
Acting Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth
Place of Residence
Nationality
Represented by
1.
49504/17
27/03/2017
Muharrem Zeki ÖZCAN
1970
Ankara
Turkish
Hasan Hüseyin ERDOĞAN
2.
60360/17
07/07/2017
Süleyman Tuna DİKMEN
1985
Aydın
Turkish
Aydın YILMAZ
3.
66700/17
18/05/2017
Uğur Doğan ÇETİN
1982
İstanbul
Turkish
Recep SEYHAN
4.
20328/18
16/04/2018
Ömer Faruk KALKAN
1982
Malatya
Turkish
Deniz SEZGİN
5.
20374/18
17/04/2018
Fatih KURTBECER
1984
KOCAELİ
Turkish
Halil İbrahim DELİGÖNÜL
6.
24736/18
17/05/2018
Eyüp SAVCI
1978
Tekirdağ
Turkish
-
7.
32394/18
21/06/2018
Mustafa Kemal TEPEDELEN
1962
Ankara
Turkish
Hasan Hüseyin ERDOĞAN
8.
33166/18
05/07/2018
Zeka KAYALI
1966
Ankara
Turkish
Altan KAYABAŞI
9.
33881/18
17/07/2018
Mustafa YILMAZ
1972
Aydin
Turkish
Ahmet KOCABAŞ
10.
34784/18
04/07/2018
Cengiz KÜTÜK
1985
Kayseri
Turkish
Memnune AKYILDIZ
11.
37425/18
01/08/2018
Volkan YILDIZ
1980
Ankara
Turkish
Ayşe Gül HACIOĞLU AVCI
12.
39329/18
06/08/2018
Mehmet ÇEKİÇ
1969
Hatay
Turkish
Aziz CANATAR
13.
39829/18
08/08/2018
Ali YILDIZ
1973
Ankara
Turkish
Abdullatif SERT
14.
40374/18
10/08/2018
Osman Nesuh YILDIZ
1978
Elazığ
Turkish
Engin ÇELEBİ
15.
9453/19
29/01/2019
Selim ÖGLÜ
1987
Şırnak
Turkish
Galip KUBATLI
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