SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 23989/20 Bilal YILDIZ against Turkey

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 20 January 2022 as a Committee composed of:

Jovan Ilievski, President, Gilberto Felici, Diana Sârcu, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 1 June 2020,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Bilal Yıldız, was born in 1955. He was represented by Mr U. Kızılca, a lawyer practising in Ankara.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Turkish Government (“the Government”).

On 6 April 2021 the Registry sent a letter to the applicant requesting his position on the friendly settlement proposal made by the Court in the application. No reply was received to this letter.

By letter dated 8 September 2021, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of the requested information had expired on 27 July 2021 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 could not be delivered.

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 10 February 2022.

Viktoriya Maradudina Jovan Ilievski Acting Deputy Registrar President