We were arrested

This book was designed during long voltaic sessions, in the view of the yellow wall, on the iron bed of the upper floor, next to the radiator downstairs. (...) Do not think that the most beautiful books were written against the most magnificent views. On the contrary... The imagination, which sometimes becomes numb and lazy in the face of beautiful landscapes, takes off with the enthusiasm of seeing behind it when it encounters a wall. He climbs the wall. This spurs the pen trying to catch up.

The dungeon floor is prone to generating grudges... It is necessary to bury it deep with patience, replace it with the chalabi of trust, and draw strength from innocence. Innocence has a quiet power. Innocence has a power that is not afraid of the dark, that does not mince words, that does not rely on any powerful person, and that does not get carried away even when threatened... (...) I trust it.

Can Dündar, who has shed light on our recent history many times, became a subject of history and the struggle for press freedom when he was imprisoned in November 2015.

We Are Arrested is not only a prison book that sends greetings to the master prisoners of literature, but also an "inside" testimony about the period we are living in...