Outrage after Turkish journalist re-arrested a week after his release

Detaining of Ahmet Altan, who denies alleged links to failed coup in 2016, called a ‘disgrace’

Turkish police have rearrested the journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan, just a week after his release from prison over alleged links to the failed 2016 coup.

Altan and another veteran journalist, Nazlı Ilıcak, were released on 4 November despite having been convicted of “helping a terrorist group”.

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