SOLTANOV proti Turecku

SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 56893/19
Baymyrat SOLTANOV
against Türkiye

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 18 September 2025 as a Committee composed of:

Gediminas Sagatys, President,
Stéphane Pisani,
Juha Lavapuro, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 16 October 2019,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

• FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Baymyrat Soltanov, was born in 1996 and is a national of Turkmenistan.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 8 of the Convention concerning the electronic recording and storage of his private correspondence in the National Judicial Network System (UYAP) and monitoring of his communication with his lawyer in detention were communicated to the Turkish Government (“the Government”) who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.

Given that the previous correspondence sent to the applicant’s place of detention had been sent back to the Registry, the applicant having no longer been detained at that prison, the Government’s observations were forwarded to the applicant’s residential address in Türkiye. The applicant was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.

By letter dated 4 June 2025, sent by registered post to that last known residential address, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 22 April 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.

That letter returned to the Registry on the ground that the applicant’s residence had been destroyed being in the area struck by the earthquake of 6 February 2023. The applicant has not contacted the Registry since 2019, when he introduced his application.

• 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 October 2025.

Viktoriya Maradudina Gediminas Sagatys
Acting Deputy Registrar President