SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 52089/20
Necati YENİCE against Türkiye
and 5 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 18 September 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Gediminas Sagatys, President,
Stéphane Pisani,
Juha Lavapuro, 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’ complaints under Article 8 of the Convention, concerning decisions of the prison authorities to prohibit visits and/or telephone calls at weekends and the complaint of the applicant in application no. 52089/20 under Article 3 of the Convention concerning allegedly inadequate conditions of his detention 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 16 April 2025, sent via the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms) and by registered post, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of the observations expired on 14 March 2025 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 or their representatives have downloaded the eComms letters, except for application no. 15322/21 (even though the previous correspondence was successfully downloaded), and received the letters sent by post on various dates. However, no response has 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 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 9 October 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Gediminas Sagatys
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications
No.
Application no.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth
Represented by
1.
52089/20
Yenice v. Türkiye
12/11/2020
Necati YENİCE
1971
Semra KISA
2.
3542/21
Çelenli v. Türkiye
30/12/2020
Engin ÇELENLİ
1983
Muhammed Talha YILMAZ
3.
4205/21
Sağır v. Türkiye
16/11/2020
Kemal SAĞIR
1974
Mustafa ARIKAN
4.
11924/21
Avcı v. Türkiye
18/02/2021
Zeki AVCI
1977
Ömer Faruk DÖNMEZ
5.
12922/21
Söylemez v. Türkiye
12/01/2021
Halit SÖYLEMEZ
1986
6.
15322/21
Öztürk v. Türkiye
10/02/2021
Oğuz ÖZTÜRK
1985
Zeynep Betül EROĞUL