Ali Ünal
Turkish court sentences columnist of Zaman newspaper to over 19 years in prison
A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced to prison a former columnist of a daily linked to FETÖ -- the group behind the 2016 defeated coup.
The 2nd High Criminal Court in Uşak, a western Anatolian province, handed down a jail term of 19-and-a-half years on charges of founding and managing an armed terrorist group.
Ali Ünal, a former columnist for Zaman newspaper which has been shut down, denied accusations saying he had written over 90 books and worked for newspapers for 26 years, including 20 years for daily Zaman.
FETÖ and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gülen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.
Ankara also accuses FETÖ of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.
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