Turkey police rearrest journalist Ahmet Altan

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Last Updated : Nov 13 2019 | 2:05 AM IST

Turkish police acting on a court order have rearrested 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 Nazli Ilicak were released on November 4 despite having been convicted of "helping a terrorist group".

The Istanbul court sentenced Altan to more than 10 years in jail, but ruled that he and

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First Published: Nov 13 2019 | 2:05 AM IST

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