BEKIK v. GEORGIA

Published on 15 April 2024 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 22819/23Mehmet Ali BEKIKagainst Georgialodged on 27 May 2023communicated on 28 March 2024SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns the refusal by the Georgian authorities of the applicant’s application for a permanent residence permit. In particular, the applicant is a Turkish national who entered Georgia in 2010 and was granted one-year temporary residence permit, which was subsequently extended twice until 11 June 2017. In 2014 the applicant married to a Georgian woman with whom he had two children, born in 2013 and 2019. They both have the Georgian nationality.On 7 October 2016 the applicant applied for a permanent residence permit. The request was refused on the basis that the applicant represented a threat to national security. The administrative decision was subsequently upheld by the domestic courts, which relied in …