Yilmaz and Others v. Türki̇Ye

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 6756/19 Erkan YILMAZ against Türkiye and 8 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 7 May 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 the electronic recording and storage of their private correspondence in the National Judicial Network System (UYAP) by the authorities during the applicants’ 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, sent by registered post on various dates, 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. However, no response has been received.

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 28 May 2025.

Viktoriya Maradudina Gediminas Sagatys Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

List of applications

No.

Application no.

Case name

Lodged on

Applicant Year of Birth Place of Residence Nationality

Represented by

1.

6756/19

Yılmaz v. Türkiye

18/01/2019

Erkan YILMAZ 1981 Osmaniye Turkish

2.

35106/19

Kılıç v. Türkiye

30/04/2019

Şaban KILIÇ 1968 Osmaniye Turkish

3.

8622/20

Önce v. Türkiye

21/01/2020

Alper ÖNCE 1970 Osmaniye Turkish

4.

12843/20

Söyler v. Türkiye

17/02/2020

Nazım SÖYLER 1975 Osmaniye Turkish

Günay SÖYLER

5.

16985/20

Sönmez v. Türkiye

27/03/2020

Emre SÖNMEZ 1990 Osmaniye Turkish

Tamer DEMİRCİ

6.

33875/20

İnce v. Türkiye

13/07/2020

Bülent İNCE 1977 Osmaniye Turkish

7.

41634/20

Yılmaz v. Türkiye

28/08/2020

Erkan YILMAZ 1986 Antalya Turkish

İdris TAŞKIN

8.

51481/20

Tuskan v. Türkiye

05/11/2020

Mehmet TUSKAN 1968 Adana Turkish

Sevgi TUSKAN

9.

26676/21

Kütükoğlu v. Türkiye

05/05/2021

Bekir KÜTÜKOĞLU 1967 Konya Turkish