SECOND SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 21330/19
Fatma Betül ZEYBEK and Others
against Turkey
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 16 February 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Aleš Pejchal, President,
Egidijus Kūris,
Carlo Ranzoni, judges,
and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 19 April 2019,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
1. A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
2. The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent.
3. The application concerned the alleged disappearance of Mr Salim Zeybek, the applicants’ relative, following his alleged abduction by unknown persons on 21 February 2019 and the alleged lack of an effective investigation into his disappearance.
4. On 30 April 2019 the Court decided to give notice to the Government of the applicants’ complaints raised under Articles 2, 3 and 5 of the Convention.
5. On 31 October 2020 the applicants informed the Court that they wanted to withdraw the application since Mr Zeybek was found on 28 July 2019 and stated that he had not been abducted, as alleged.
THE LAW
6. The Court takes note of the wish expressed by the applicants to withdraw the application. In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention or its Protocols, 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 application.
7. In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 25 March 2021.
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Hasan BakırcıAleš Pejchal
Deputy RegistrarPresident
Appendix
No.
Applicant’s Name
Birth year
Nationality
Place of residence
1
Fatma Betül ZEYBEK
1984
Turkish
Ankara
2
Azime AYDIN
1967
Turkish
Ankara
3
Mustafa AYDIN
1958
Turkish
Ankara
4
Abdullah ZEYBEK
1955
Turkish
Ankara
5
Cafer Sedat ZEYBEK
2011
Turkish
Ankara
6
Esra ZEYBEK
1994
Turkish
Ankara
7
Hatice ZEYBEK
1959
Turkish
Ankara
8
Selma ZEYBEK
2013
Turkish
Ankara
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