Former Zaman Daily Columnist Ali Ünal Arrested

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Uşak Provincial Security Directorate Trafficking and Organized Crime Control Bureau teams have carried out an operation against the Fethullah Gülen Community.

Hürriyet daily reported that former Zaman daily head columnist Ali Ünal was arrested in the operation in Eşme district on August 14. Three more people including engineers and attorneys were taken into custody as well.

With Ünal’s arrest, the number of arrested journalists reached 43.

76 imprisoned journalists

The imprisoned journalists are as follows:

Kenan Karavil, Abdulkadir Turay, Abdullah Özyurt, Abdullah Kılıç, Ahmet Turan Alkan, Ahmet Yavaş, Ali Akkuş, Ali Bulaç, Ali Konar, Arafat Dayan,Aytekin Gezici, Bayram Kaya, Bünyamin Köseli, Cebrail Parıltı, Cemal Azmi Kalyoncu, Cihan Acar, Cuma Ulus, Emin Demir, Emre Soncan, Erdal Süsem, Erkan Açar, Erkam Büyük, Erol Zavar, Faruk Akkan, Ferhat Çiftçi,Ferzende Taşan, Fevzi Yazıcı, Feyyaz İmrak, Gurbet Çakar, Habip Güler,Halil İbrahim Mert, Hamit Duman, Hanım Büşra Erdal, Haşim Söylemez,Hatice Duman, Hidayet Karaca, Hüseyin Aydın, Kamuran Sunbat, Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu, Mazlum Dolan, Mehmet Baransu, Mehmet Özdemir,Meltem Oktay, Mikail Barut, Miktat Algül, Muhammed Doğru, Mustafa Gök, Mustafa Ünal, Mümtazer Türköne, Nazlı Ilıcak, Nedim Türfent, Nuri Durna, Nuri Yeşil, Nuriye Ural, Özgür Amed (Ethem Çağır), Sami Tunca,Serkan Aydemir, Seyit Kılıç, Seyithan Akyüz, Şahabettin Demir, Şahin Alpay, Şerife Oruç, Şermin Soydan, Ufuk Şanlı, Yakup Çetin, Yalçın Güler,Yılmaz Kahraman, Zehra Doğan, Zeynel Abidin Bulut, Ziya Ataman,İbrahim Balta, Hülya Karakaya, Mehmet Arslan, Bayram Parlak, Ayşenur Parıldak, Ali Ünal, Arda Akın. (EA/TK)