TOPALOGLU v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 25406/08Muhittin TOPALOGLUagainst Georgia The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 11 December 2018 as a Committee composed of: Síofra O’Leary, President, Lәtif Hüseynov, Lado Chanturia, judges,and Milan Blaško, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 22 April 2008,Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Muhittin Topaloglu, is a Turkish national who was born in 1966 and lives in Hopa. He was represented before the Court by Mr G. Zirakishvili and Ms M. Pkhaladze, lawyers practising in Tbilisi.2.  The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr B. Dzamashvili, of the Ministry of Justice. The Turkish Government did not avail themselves of their right to intervene as a …