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Ahmet Altan is a Turkish novelist and political columnist. He was arrested in the purge following the failed coup in July 2016, accused of sending out "subliminal messages". In February 2018 he was sentenced to life in prison for attempting to overthrow the government. In November 2019 he was released pending his appeal but re-arrested three days later. He is the author of ten novels, including Like a Sword Wound (Europa Editions, 2018), Endgame (Canongate, 2016), and prison memoir I Will Never See the World Again (Granta, 2019). |