SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 50440/17 Mehmet KARABULUT and others against Turkey

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section ), sitting on 28 November 2019 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 25 May 2017 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.

The applicants were represented by Mr A. Altan, a lawyer practising in Elazığ.

The applicants ’ complaints under Article 6 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention, concerning the de facto expropriation of their property and the domestic court ’ s assessment of their claims, 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 letter .

By letter dated 26 June 2019, sent by registered post, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired on 2 May 2019 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 applicants ’ representative received this letter on 8 July 2019. However, no response has been received.

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 19 December 2019 .

Liv Tigerstedt Ivana Jelić Acting Deputy Registrar President

ANNEXE

No.

Applicant ’ s Name

Birth date

Nationality

Place of residence

1.Mehmet KARABULUT

01/01/1930

Turkish

Elazığ

2.Mehmet Ali KARABULUT

14/05/1927

Turkish

Elazığ

3.Åžehmir KARABULUT

13/03/1929

Turkish

Elazığ