Ahmet Altan

A man retires to a sun-baked Turkish town for a quiet life. What he finds is a world of suspicion, paranoia and violence. In a community of shady local officials, corrupt businessmen and a crooked police force, our narrator's life spins into chaos and criminality. The town makes a murderer of him. The question is, who did he kill?

Une histoire d’amour magnifique, celle d’un jeune homme pour une femme d’âge mûr qui éclaire et modifie son regard sur le sens de la vie. Un livre où la littérature, premier amour de ce garçon, devie

Avant la première guerre mondiale, époque des unionistes au pouvoir en Turquie, un garçon de seize ans fait preuve d’un courage incroyable en tuant publiquement l’assassin de son frère aîné. Il est i

Une histoire d’amour magnifique, celle d’un jeune homme pour une femme d’âge mûr qui éclaire et modifie son regard sur le sens de la vie. Un livre où la littérature, premier amour de ce garçon, devie

Avant la première guerre mondiale, époque des unionistes au pouvoir en Turquie, un garçon de seize ans fait preuve d’un courage incroyable en tuant publiquement l’assassin de son frère aîné. Il est i

Ces dix-neuf textes sont écrits du fond d’une geôle. Poignants et remarquablement maîtrisés, ces aller-retours entre réflexions et sensations expriment le quotidien morne du prisonnier, écartelé entr

Ces dix-neuf textes sont écrits du fond d’une geôle. Poignants et remarquablement maîtrisés, ces aller-retours entre réflexions et sensations expriment le quotidien morne du prisonnier, écartelé entr

Weaving together tortured love affairs, political intrigue, power struggles, and social upheavals, Love in the Days of Rebellion offers a powerful and vivid tableau of the crisis of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century.The second installment in the Ottoman Quartetthe masterful saga of Turkish history by Ahmet Altanfollows the vast and vivid cast of characters introduced in the first volume of the series, Like A Sword Wound.The novel opens with the attempted suicide of Hikmet Bey, the son of the sultans personal physician. The reason for his extreme gesture was to forget the extremely beautiful and proud Mehpare Hanm, his wife and the cause of all his suffering. While Hikmet is recovering in a hospital in Thessaloniki, slowly regaining his strength and will to live, radical changes are afoot in the Ottoman capital. The power of the sultan is eroding, a rebellion is brewing, and violence erupts on the streets of Istanbul. It is the eve of one of the key events that will lead to the collapse of the Empire: the countercoup of 1909.With striking clarity and imaginative power, Altan evokes the traumas and upheavals of Ottoman history, showing howover a hundred years laterthe events and wounds of that time still resonate in the tensions and contradictions of todays Turkey.

Avant la première guerre mondiale, époque des unionistes au pouvoir en Turquie, un garçon de seize ans fait preuve d’un courage incroyable en tuant publiquement l’assassin de son frère aîné. Il est i

Aslı, femme indépendante et épanouie, vit à Ankara, où elle est physiothérapeute. Chaque week-end, elle se rend dans la propriété de Mehmet, un ancien procureur condamné pour corruption et violences,

Aslı, femme indépendante et épanouie, vit à Ankara, où elle est physiothérapeute. Chaque week-end, elle se rend dans la propriété de Mehmet, un ancien procureur condamné pour corruption et violences,

A magnificent coming-of-age story about freedom and desire by the acclaimed author of I Will Never See the World Again. Winner of the Prix Femina Étranger.Istanbul is changing, its society decomposing. When his father dies, Fazil learns that ones entire world can change in an instant. Lost are the security and privileges of his family, replaced now by the precarity of poverty. And yet, despite this dramatic change in circumstance, Fazil pursues his desire to study literature at university.As he attempts to navigate this new, darker world, he begins a romance with Sila, a striking young student who shares his love of Virginia Woolf and who understands his current predicament. But it is the exuberant Madame Hayat, passionate, carefree and with a vivacious lust for life, who captivates Fazil. He attempts to create a new freedom through her person, but around them, the dangers of their changed society grow and increasingly surround them.Written from his prison cell, Ahmet Altans latest novel offers an insightful view of modern Turkey and shows how, even in the darkest times, light can be found.

Best Book of the Year Bloomberg NewsA resilient Turkish writers inspiring account of his imprisonment that provides crucial insight into political censorship amidst the global rise of authoritarianism. The destiny I put down in my novel has become mine. I am now under arrest like the hero I created years ago. I await the decision that will determine my future, just as he awaited his. I am unaware of my destiny, which has perhaps already been decided, just as he was unaware of his. I suffer the pathetic torment of profound helplessness, just as he did.Like a cursed oracle, I foresaw my future years ago not knowing that it was my own. Confined in a cell four meters long, imprisoned on absurd, Kafkaesque charges, novelist Ahmet Altan is one of many writers persecuted by Recep Tayyip Erdoans oppressive regime. In this extraordinary memoir, written from his prison cell, Altan reflects upon his sentence, on a life whittled down to a courtyard covered by bars, and on the hope and solace a writers mind can provide, even in the darkest places.

From the acclaimed author of I Will Never See the World Again, this poignant coming-of-age novel finds moments of remarkable humor in a present-day Istanbul rife with economic and political hardships.Fazls comfortable existence studying literature is upended by his familys sudden financial ruin, followed swiftly by the death of his father. Forced to sell his belongings and move to an old boardinghouse, he discovers a new side of the city, populated by immigrants, poets, sex workers, and busboys, all struggling to get by. On a tip from a fellow resident, Fazl finds work to support himself through university, as an extra on a TV show, where he meets two women who will change his life. Sla, a striking young student, shares his love of Virginia Woolf and uniquely understands his current predicament: once well-off, she too has lost everything, after the government unjustly seized her fathers business. While they begin a tentative romance, Fazl is also drawn to the shows vivacious leading lady, Hayat, whose carefree, sensuous outlook differs so greatly from his own. Written from his prison cell, Ahmet Altans latest novel offers a witty, insightful view of modern Turkey and the lives of its new poor that shows how we can find light in the darkest times.

Un testimonio escalofriante sobre la fragilidad de la libertad.El 16 de febrero de 2018 un tribunal de justicia turco sentenció a cadena perpetua sin libertad condicional a Ahmet Altan, arguyendo su participacion implicita en el fallido golpe de Estado de julio del 2016 contra el Gobierno de Erdogan. La fiscalia alego que Altan envio "mensajes subliminales" a traves de sus apariciones en television y sus columnas de opinion, instando al derrocamiento del Gobierno mediante el uso de la fuerza y la violencia.Dos años despues de su detencion Altan sigue encerrado en la prision de Silivri, en las afueras de la ciudad de Estambul. No puede recibir visitas a excepcion de las reuniones semanales supervisadas con su familia.Los breves ensayos aqui reunidos representan una coleccion de textos muy poderosos compuestos desde la prision. Son reflexiones intimas, incluso filosoficas, sobre la libertad y su fragilidad. Con este libro el testimonio de Altan esquiva la censura y traspasa las fronteras para hacernos participes de la situacion politica de su pais.

Un testimonio escalofriante sobre la fragilidad de la libertad. El 16 de febrero de 2018 un tribunal de justicia turco sentenció a cadena perpetua sin libertad condicional a Ahmet Altan, arguyendo su participacion implicita en el fallido golpe de Estado de julio del 2016 contra el Gobierno de Erdogan. La fiscalia alego que Altan envio "mensajes subliminales" a traves de sus apariciones en television y sus columnas de opinion, instando al derrocamiento del Gobierno mediante el uso de la fuerza y la violencia. Dos años despues de su detencion Altan sigue encerrado en la prision de Silivri, en las afueras de la ciudad de Estambul. No puede recibir visitas a excepcion de las reuniones semanales supervisadas con su familia. Los breves ensayos aqui reunidos representan una coleccion de textos muy poderosos compuestos desde la prision. Son reflexiones intimas, incluso filosoficas, sobre la libertad y su fragilidad. Con este libro el testimonio de Altan esquiva la censura y traspasa las fronteras para hacernos participes de la situacion politica de su pais.

Une histoire d'amour magnifique, celle d'un jeune homme pour une femme d'âge mûr qui éclaire et modifie son regard sur le sens de la vie. Un livre où la littérature, premier amour de ce garçon, devie