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Altan’s punishment for that sin he was charged with “sending subliminal messages” to topple Turkey’s strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been severe. “I will never see a sky unframed by the walls of a courtyard,” he realized upon receiving an aggravated life sentence in 2018. But politics has been an abiding theme of his work since the mid-1970s, when he cut his teeth as a young reporter. For much of his career, eroticism and the intrigues of Turkish politics had vitalized Altan’s writings and helped make him a household name. In 1982, aged 32, his debut novel launched a career marked by controversy and bestsellers: His second novel,
she was a mother. i have a young child myself, and i just felt very sad for those dear people. reporter: and that is the cafe itself. those black tarps shrouding the windows that police blew out in order to gain access for that dramatic rescue. the whole area cordoned off, still very much a crime scene. david wright, abc news, sydney. new details on the murderer/suicide in the philadelphia suburbs. the suspected killer bradley stone dived a self-inflicted sword wound. died of a self-inflicted sword wound. the other victims died of gunshot wounds, cutting injuries or both. the only survivor is a 17-year-old boy now hospitalized with knife wounds. investigators believe he suffered while trying to defend himself. i cannot emphasize how serious his condition is, but at least at this point we are hopeful. stone and his ex-wife were involved in a bitter custody dispute over their two daughters. the girls, now orphaned, are safe.
i just felt very sad for those dear people. reporter: and that is the cafe itself. those black tarps shrouding the windows that police blew out in order to gain access for that dramatic rescue. the whole area cordoned off, still very much a crime scene. david wright, abc news, sydney. new details on the murder/suicide in the philadelphia suburbs. the suspected killer bradley stone died of a self-inflicted sword wound. the other victims died of gunshot wounds, cutting injuries or both. the only survivor is a 17-year-old boy now hospitalized with knife wounds. investigators believe he suffered while trying to defend himself. i cannot emphasize how serious his condition is, but at least at this point we are hopeful. stone and his ex-wife were involved in a bitter custody dispute over their two daughters.