Career
He is often associated with the Gülen Movement, a modernist Islamic group in Turkey. In 2006, Ali Ünal"s English translation of the Quran was released. Ali Ünal"s translation has been noted for its use of contemporary English, which makes it more readable than some classical Quran translations.
Entitled The Qur"an with Annotated Interpretation in Modern English, the work also included extensive annotations by the translator.
Ali Ünal has about twenty translations from Turkish to English and more than ten from English to Turkish. He has more than twenty books in Turkish.
Ali Ünal is also a columnist for Zaman, a major Turkish daily newspaper.