by TurkeyPurge | Nov 15, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ali Ünal, a columnist for the now-closed Zaman daily, has been sentenced to 19 years, six months in prison over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen movement. Detained in Usak’s Esme district on Aug. 11, 2016, Mr. Unal was put under pretrial detention 5 days later....
by TurkeyPurge | May 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak has ruled for the continuation of the arrest of former Zaman daily columnist Ali Ünal, who was jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016. Ünal’s trial resumed at the Uşak...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 28, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
An Uşak court on Tuesdayruled for continuation of imprisonment of Ali Ünal, a theologian and a former columnist for the now-closed Zaman daily, several media outlets reported. Ünal has been behind bars for almost 18 months. The second hearing of Ünal’s trial was held...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 5, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Former columnist of the now-defunct Zaman columnist Ali Unal was denied a request to be tried without arrest although he has already spent 17 months under arrest pending trial. On Thursday, Unal appeared before an Usak court as part of the first hearing of his case in...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Ali Ünal, the 62-year-old journalist who used to write columns for the government-closed Zaman newspaper, faces 2 aggravated life sentences and additional 29.5 years in prison. Under arrest since Aug 16, 2016, Ünal is accused of being one of the leaders of the Gülen...
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