Ödemişli v. Türki̇Ye

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 34563/22 Ahmet ÖDEMİŞLİ against Türkiye

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 1 October 2026 as a Committee composed of:

Stéphane Pisani, President ,

Juha Lavapuro,

Hugh Mercer, judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application against the Republic of Türkiye lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 31 May 2022,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Ahmet Ödemişli, was born in 1979. He was represented by Mr H.İ. Ödemişli, living in Aydın.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 8 of the Convention concerning the monitoring of his correspondence with official institutions by prison authorities and the refusal of these authorities to forward his petitions addressed to two institutions were communicated to the Turkish Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.

By letter dated 19 March 2026, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 27 November 2025 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’s 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 applicant received that letter on 27 March 2026. However, no response followed.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the application (Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention). Furthermore, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in fine , the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto which require the continued examination of the application.

Accordingly, the case should be struck 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 22 October 2026.

Viktoriya Maradudina Stéphane Pisani Acting Deputy Registrar President