Köken and Others v. Türki̇Ye

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 55105/20 Abdülkadir KÖKEN against Türkiye and 5 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 15 February 2024 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’ complaints under Article 8 § 1 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 replies were received to the Registry’s letters.

By letters dated 17 May 2023, sent by registered post, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired on 8 March 2023 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 were delivered on the dates indicated in the appended table. 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 14 March 2024.

Viktoriya Maradudina Frédéric Krenc Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

No.

Application no.

Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Representative’s name and location

Date of delivery of the registered letter

55105/20

20/11/2020

Abdülkadir KÖKEN

1981

05/06/2023

19836/21

04/02/2021

Oğuz ERGÜN

1978

01/06/2023

20704/21

31/03/2021

Ahmet EKİCİ

1982

02/06/2023

21623/21

15/04/2021

Semih DEMİREL

1987

02/06/2023

30653/21

07/06/2021

Mahmut AÇIL

1969

01/06/2023

37093/21

12/07/2021

Veli Yavuz GÖK

1971

Muhammet Cihan Halıcı

Konya

02/06/2023