Communicated on 28 August 2018
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 30225/10
Şennur ŞENSOY AKBULUT
against Turkey
lodged on 30 April 2010
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the refusal of the State authorities to amend the applicant’s surname in certain official records following her divorce from her first husband and marriage to her second husband. The application raises issues under Article 8 of the Convention, alone and in conjunction with Article 14.
QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES
1. Has there been an interference with the applicant’s right to respect for her private and family life, within the meaning of Article 8 § 1 of the Convention, on account of the refusal of the State authorities to amend the applicant’s surname in certain official records following her divorce from her first husband and marriage to her second husband?
If so, was that interference prescribed by law and necessary in a democratic society within the meaning of Article 8 § 2 of the Convention?
2. Has the applicant been a victim of discrimination contrary to Article 14 of the Convention, in the exercise of her rights under Article 8, on account of the State authorities’ aforementioned refusal to register her name correctly in all official records?
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