German-Turkish author Doğan Akhanlı was detained in Spain on Aug. 19 after Turkey issued an Interpol warrant for the writer, APA reports citing the Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper.

 The man was reportedly detained in the city of Granada at about 8:30 a.m. local time (06:30 GMT), where he was spending his holidays.

 The police reportedly acted instructed by the Interpol.

 The 60-year-old writer has been living in German city of Cologne since 1992. His works mostly focus on the so-called “Armenian genocide”.