SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 7494/17
Rıfat SARI against Türkiye
and 30 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 24 November 2022 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 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 sent by registered post and dated 18 January 2022 for application no. 28408/19; 23 February 2022 for applications nos. 7494/17, 83206/17, 56472/18, 36500/19, 44755/19, 45901/19, 98/20, 3512/20, 3514/20, and 4188/20; 30 March 2022 for applications nos. 43741/17, 83999/17, 183/18, 10834/18, 24169/18, 7250/19, 17524/19, 21226/19, 21264/19, 24351/19, 24370/19, 24780/19, 25413/19, 30232/19, 30284/19, 30296/19, 35090/19, 36634/19 and 51124/19, and 31 May 2022 for application no.76424/17, 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 letters in respect of applications nos. 7494/17, 83206/17, 24169/18, 56472/18, 21226/19, 21264/19, 28408/19, 36500/19, 44755/19, 45901/19, 98/20, 3512/20, 3514/20 and 76424/17 were delivered between 7 February and 8 June 2022. However, no response has been received. The letters in respect of applications nos. 43741/17, 83999/17, 183/18, 10834/18, 7250/19, 17524/19, 24351/19, 24370/19, 24780/19, 25413/19, 30232/19, 30284/19, 30296/19, 35090/19, 36634/19, 51124/19 and 4188/20 could not be delivered to the applicants although none of them had informed the Court of a change in their 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 15 December 2022.
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.
7494/17
Sarı v. Türkiye
15/12/2016
Rıfat SARI
1973
Ankara
Turkish
Ahmet HARTAVİ
2.
43741/17
Aydın v. Türkiye
03/05/2017
Harun AYDIN
1979
Istanbul
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
3.
76424/17
Yıldırım v. Türkiye
26/09/2017
Mesut YILDIRIM
1977
Kırşehir
Turkish
Hilal YILDIZLI
4.
83206/17
Aydın v. Türkiye
29/11/2017
Şevki Metin AYDIN
1978
Mersin
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
5.
83999/17
Cengiz v. Türkiye
16/11/2017
Yavuz CENGIZ
1985
Ankara
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
6.
183/18
Demir v. Türkiye
06/12/2017
Recayi DEMIR
1980
Ankara
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
7.
10834/18
Sarıyer v. Türkiye
06/12/2017
İlhan SARIYER
1972
Ankara
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
8.
24169/18
Göker v. Türkiye
08/05/2018
Volkan Şefik GÖKER
1986
Istanbul
Turkish
Mahmut YAŞAR
9.
56472/18
Köse v. Türkiye
26/11/2018
Murat KÖSE
1980
Ankara
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
10.
7250/19
Şahin v. Türkiye
21/01/2019
Mustafa ŞAHİN
1969
Ankara
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
11.
17524/19
Şaşmaz v. Türkiye
22/03/2019
Canbulut ŞAŞMAZ
1978
Ankara
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
12.
21226/19
Öz v. Türkiye
26/03/2019
Ömer ÖZ
1983
Hatay
Turkish
Orhan DOĞRU
13.
21264/19
Bayburtlu v. Türkiye
08/04/2019
Arif BAYBURTLU
1982
Amasya
Turkish
Adnan AYDIN
14.
24351/19
İnci v. Türkiye
16/04/2019
Tamer İNCİ
1977
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
15.
24370/19
Samsa v. Türkiye
16/04/2019
Harun SAMSA
1980
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
16.
24780/19
Gökçeli v. Türkiye
24/04/2019
Abdurrahman GÖKÇELİ
1977
Adana
Turkish
Ahmet Gani KÜÇÜK
17.
25413/19
Çağatay v. Türkiye
03/05/2019
Mustafa ÇAĞATAY
1969
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
18.
28408/19
Doğan v. Türkiye
09/05/2019
Irfan DOĞAN
1967
Ankara
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
19.
30232/19
Kahraman v. Türkiye
14/05/2019
Yasin KAHRAMAN
1988
Samsun
Turkish
Bayram SAYIN
20.
30284/19
Gür v. Türkiye
16/05/2019
Arif Ramazan GÜR
1970
Ankara
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
21.
30296/19
Kılıç v. Türkiye
16/05/2019
Yakup KILIÇ
1987
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
22.
35090/19
Karaağaç v. Türkiye
28/06/2019
Naim KARAAĞAÇ
1970
Ankara
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
23.
36500/19
Karakaş v. Türkiye
18/06/2019
Akın KARAKAŞ
1969
Kırıkkale
Turkish
24.
36634/19
Kamış v. Türkiye
19/06/2019
Agah Oktay KAMIŞ
1979
Tekirdağ
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
25.
44755/19
Tek v. Türkiye
08/08/2019
Ömer Faruk TEK
1982
Osmaniye
Turkish
26.
45901/19
Bora v. Türkiye
16/08/2019
Ayhan BORA
1970
Mersin
Turkish
Nidal HÜZMELİ HADİMOĞLU
27.
51124/19
Tanrıkulu v. Türkiye
06/09/2019
Cengiz TANRIKULU
1968
Visp
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
28.
98/20
Çelik v. Türkiye
09/12/2019
Fatma Nur ÇELİK
1986
Çorum
Turkish
Adem KAPLAN
29.
3512/20
Turşak v. Türkiye
10/01/2020
Ramazan TURŞAK
1978
Ankara
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
30.
3514/20
Tosun v. Türkiye
10/01/2020
Ayşe TOSUN
1989
Istanbul
Turkish
Hüseyin AYGÜN
31.
4188/20
Çetin v. Türkiye
26/12/2019
Gültekin ÇETİN
1985
Istanbul
Turkish