Aygün v. Türki̇Ye

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 39111/22 Uğur AYGÜN against Türkiye

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 2 July 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 10 June 2022,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Uğur Aygün, was born in 1990.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 8 of the Convention concerning the monitoring of prisoners’ correspondence with official institutions by prison authorities and these authorities’ refusal to forward petitions 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 Registrar’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 letter was returned to the Court with a note indicating that the applicant was no longer at that prison; however, the applicant did not provide a new address to the Registry.

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 27 August 2026.

Viktoriya Maradudina Stéphane Pisani Acting Deputy Registrar President