Both men face three aggravated life sentences. He was arrested on Septemalong with his brother, columnist and a professor of economics Mehmet Altan, for supporting the coup attempt by giving “subliminal messages” during a television program. 9, where he has been held, on charges related to the Jfailed military coup. Unusually, Altan signed the deal in mid-April at the Silivri Prison No. Sandro Ferri, (who also publishes Elena Ferrante, the enigmatic author of the bestselling four-volume series Neapolitan Novels), has recently signed a deal with Altan to publish his books in English and Italian and sell translation rights of the four novels to other languages.Īltan’s four novels will be published in English by the New York-based Europa Editions while the Italian version will be printed by the Rome-based Edizioni e/o. Ahmet Altan’s celebrated novels Kılıç Yarası Gibi (Like a Sword Wound), İsyan Günlerinde Aşk (Love in the Days of Rebellion), Ölmek Kolaydır Sevmekten (Dying is Easier Than Loving), and a concluding novel, a sequel to the other three, will be published in world languages under the name “the Ottoman Quartet.”
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