In this exclusive interview published in the weekly newspaper AGOS in December 2025, Ahmet Altan answered questions on his novel O Yıl (That Year), the last decade of the Ottoman Empire and the Armenian Genocide. To read the interview conducted by journalist Nazan Özcan click here: Part One and Part Two.
In September 2021, five months after his release from prison, Ahmet Altan was interviewed by Yasemin Çongar at the studio of Kıraathane Istanbul Literature House. In this two-hour conversation (in Turkish) which was webcast on YouTube, the author talked at length about his time behind bars and the three books he wrote in prison, namely his memoir, “I Will Never See the World Again,” and the novels “Lady Life” and “The Dice.”
You can watch the conversation here.