SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 10796/08 Mehmet KESKÄ° N against Turkey

The European Court of Human Rights ( Second Section ), sitting on 19 mars 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Ivana Jelić , President, Arnfinn Bårdsen , Darian Pavli, judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt , Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 24 December 2007 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Mehmet Keskin , was born in 1960 .

The applicant ’ s complaint under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention, concerning the accidental demolition of his property by a private contractor, which had undertaken to demolish the damaged buildings following the earthquake of 1999, and the insufficiency of the compensation awarded to him by the admin istrative court for his damages, 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 15 November 2019 , sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 30 July 2019 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 letter returned with a postal note stating that it could not be delivered as the applicant could not be found at the address .

THE LAW

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 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 9 avril 2020.

Liv Tigerstedt Ivana Jelić Acting Deputy Registrar President