Zeybek and Others v. Turkey

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 21330/19 Fatma Betül ZEYBEK and Others against Turkey

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 16 February 2021 as a Committee composed of:

Aleš Pejchal, President , Egidijus Kūris, Carlo Ranzoni, judges ,

and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 19 April 2019,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

1 A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.

2 The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent.

3 The application concerned the alleged disappearance of Mr Salim Zeybek, the applicants’ relative, following his alleged abduction by unknown persons on 21 February 2019 and the alleged lack of an effective investigation into his disappearance.

4 On 30 April 2019 the Court decided to give notice to the Government of the applicants’ complaints raised under Articles 2, 3 and 5 of the Convention.

5 On 31 October 2020 the applicants informed the Court that they wanted to withdraw the application since Mr Zeybek was found on 28 July 2019 and stated that he had not been abducted, as alleged.

THE LAW

6 The Court takes note of the wish expressed by the applicants to withdraw the application. In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention or its Protocols, 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.

7 In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case 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 25 March 2021.

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Hasan Bakırcı Aleš Pejchal Deputy Registrar President

Appendix

No.

Applicant’s Name

Birth year

Nationality

Place of residence

1

Fatma Betül ZEYBEK

1984

Turkish

Ankara

2

Azime AYDIN

1967

Turkish

Ankara

3

Mustafa AYDIN

1958

Turkish

Ankara

4

Abdullah ZEYBEK

1955

Turkish

Ankara

5

Cafer Sedat ZEYBEK

2011

Turkish

Ankara

6

Esra ZEYBEK

1994

Turkish

Ankara

7

Hatice ZEYBEK

1959

Turkish

Ankara

8

Selma ZEYBEK

2013

Turkish

Ankara