FENERBAHÇE SPOR KULÜBÜ AND VILBEKIN v. TÜRKİYE

  SECOND SECTION DECISION Application no. 2977/24 FENERBAHÇE SPOR KULÜBÜ and Scott Jordan VILBEKIN against Türkiye The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 19 February 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 29 January 2024, Having deliberated, decides as follows: FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe first applicant is a multi-sport club which operates, inter alia, a basketball branch. The second applicant, a Turkish national born in the United States of America in 1993, is a professional basketball player contracted to the first applicant’s basketball team. The applicants were represented by Mr D. Şenol, a lawyer practising in Istanbul. On 17 September 2025 the applicants’ complaints under Articles 6 and 8 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 were communicated to the Turkish Government. By a letter dated 28 October 2025, the applicants’ lawyer informed the Registry that the applicants wished to withdraw their application before the Court, as the case had been resolved before the domestic authorities. THE LAWIn the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the application (Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention). Furthermore, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in fine, the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto which require the continued 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 12 March 2026.  Viktoriya Maradudina Stéphane Pisani  Acting Deputy Registrar President