SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 14838/17
Muhammet Fatih ÖZTÜRK against Türkiye
and 37 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 24 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
14838/17
Öztürk v. Türkiye
16/01/2017
Muhammet Fatih ÖZTÜRK
1990
İzmir
Turkish
Serdar ÖZCAN
18879/17
Yıldırım v. Türkiye
14/02/2017
İsmail YILDIRIM
1974
Kocaeli
Turkish
Abdulkadir AKBAŞ
34120/17
Şirin v. Türkiye
07/03/2017
Süleyman Hilmi ŞİRİN
1975
Düzce
Turkish
Meryem AYDIN ŞİRİN
40060/17
Tunç v. Türkiye
10/05/2017
Ahmet TUNÇ
1978
Gaziantep
Turkish
Recep ÇINAR
43691/17
Duruay v. Türkiye
18/05/2017
Durmuş DURUAY
1978
Kocaeli
Turkish
Ersayın IŞIK
48980/17
Aksu v. Türkiye
25/04/2017
Gokhan AKSU
1979
Ankara
Turkish
Ertuğrul ALKILIÇ
51933/17
Akkurt v. Türkiye
23/06/2017
Doğan AKKURT
1967
Kocaeli
Turkish
Fatma İrem AKKURT ATAŞ
58442/17
Doğru v. Türkiye
13/07/2017
Coşkun DOĞRU
1965
İZMİR
Turkish
Murat Hüdaverdi SÖNMEZ
60991/17
Aslan v. Türkiye
03/08/2017
Zafer ASLAN
1976
İzmir
Turkish
Ali BULUT
61696/17
Bayram v. Türkiye
08/06/2017
Mustafa BAYRAM
1982
Tokat
Turkish
Hasan YILMAZ
62119/17
Akbudak v. Türkiye
15/05/2017
Turgut AKBUDAK
1981
ANKARA
Turkish
Hayrettin AÇIKGÖZ
62229/17
Dumanoğlu v. Türkiye
21/04/2017
Kerim DUMANOĞLU
1980
Tokat
Turkish
62850/17
Geniş v. Türkiye
06/02/2017
Mehmet Emin GENİŞ
1988
İzmir
Turkish
Hüseyin Yılmaz ŞAFAK
63210/17
Gül v. Türkiye
30/05/2017
Muammer GÜL
1970
Malatya
Turkish
Mahmut NURLAN
63979/17
Sevinç v. Türkiye
21/04/2017
Halil İbrahim SEVİNÇ
1975
Tokat
Turkish
66600/17
Hocaoğlu v. Türkiye
17/05/2017
Özgür HOCAOĞLU
1976
Kocaeli
Turkish
Ersayın IŞIK
67652/17
Şafak v. Türkiye
03/08/2017
Muhammet ŞAFAK
1990
Ankara
Turkish
Ali Sinan NACAK
70498/17
Kara v. Türkiye
08/08/2017
Fatih KARA
1986
Erzincan
Turkish
70530/17
Şimşek v. Türkiye
08/02/2017
Selçuk ŞİMŞEK
1983
Kırıkkale
Turkish
Mithat ATALAY
70792/17
Aslan v. Türkiye
07/09/2017
Hamdi ASLAN
1981
Tekirdağ
Turkish
75884/17
Çetin v. Türkiye
11/10/2017
Fatih ÇETİN
1975
Ankara
Turkish
79093/17
Kablan v. Türkiye
04/05/2017
Emre KABLAN
1989
Kahramanmaraş
Turkish
Yasemin Nur KOYUN
81536/17
Uzun v. Türkiye
02/11/2017
Mehmet UZUN
1974
Edirne
Turkish
Fatih KOÇ
81712/17
Yıldız v. Türkiye
20/09/2017
Şükrü YILDIZ
1959
Ankara
Turkish
Nebi DOĞAN
81845/17
Dalcan v. Türkiye
06/11/2017
Kerem DALCAN
1985
Elazığ
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
82736/17
Ak v. Türkiye
02/11/2017
Uğur AK
1981
Aksaray
Turkish
Mete Yıldırım ZENCİR
82856/17
Soyuğurlu v. Türkiye
07/11/2017
Hidayet SOYUĞURLU
1972
Elazığ
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
84075/17
Özdemir v. Türkiye
13/11/2017
Emrah ÖZDEMİR
1986
Elazığ
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
84078/17
Sarıgül v. Türkiye
13/11/2017
İbrahim SARIGÜL
1966
Elazığ
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
84121/17
Okumuş v. Türkiye
14/11/2017
Muammer OKUMUŞ
1982
Elazığ
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
84137/17
Bayram v. Türkiye
16/11/2017
Yalçın BAYRAM
1971
Ankara
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
26423/18
Dundar v. Türkiye
30/05/2018
Fatih DÜNDAR
1988
Ankara
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
26630/18
Kılıç v. Türkiye
01/06/2018
Ali KILIÇ
1986
Ankara
Turkish
26927/18
Ildam v. Türkiye
29/05/2018
Kadir İLDAM
1992
Denizli
Turkish
29604/18
Oral v. Türkiye
13/06/2018
Ramazan ORAL
1987
Cankırı
Turkish
30537/18
Güneş v. Türkiye
13/06/2018
Erkan GÜNEŞ
1984
Yozgat
Turkish
Ümmügülsüm GÜNEŞ
39423/18
Çapkın v. Türkiye
09/08/2018
Hüdai ÇAPKIN
1989
Istanbul
Turkish
Elif DURUER CANİK
40078/18
Öztürk v. Türkiye
18/08/2018
Satılmış ÖZTÜRK
1980
Ankara
Turkish
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