Ergün Poyraz
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Ergün Poyraz (born 31 January 1963[1]) is a prolific Turkish author known for his controversial books about the ruling Justice and Development Party, the Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen,[2] and people associated with them. He is best known for his 2007 book The Children of Moses (Turkish: Musa'nın Çocukları), which accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his wife of being secret Jews and of cooperating with Israeli intelligence to undermine Turkish secularism.[3] He was arrested in 2007 and was a defendant in the Ergenekon trials; on 5 August 2013, he was sentenced to 29 years in prison.
Ergün Poyraz | |
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 Poyraz in 2016 | |
| Born | January 31, 1963 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Occupation | Author |
Life
Poyraz graduated from the Yıldız Technical University.[1]
He was described as an extremely secular Turkish ultranationalist.[4][5]
According to Milliyet, Poyraz contributed to the 1998 closure of the Welfare Party (RP) "by presenting to the Constitutional Court [secret] footage of RP leader Necmettin Erbakan's speeches."[6]
Poyraz's 2007 book The Children of Moses accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his wife of being secret Jews and cooperating with Israeli intelligence to undermine Turkish secularism.[7][8] His another book The Rose of Moses contains similar allegations about President Abdullah Gül.[9] It was the second best-selling book in Turkey in 2007.[10] He later released a book titled From the Army of the Caliphate to the Arab Kurdish Party, with "Arab Kurdish Party" referring to the AKP.[11] At the time of his 2007 arrest Poyraz appears to have been working on a book about Deniz Baykal.[12]
In 2013, Poyraz lost a libel case brought on behalf of the preacher Fethullah Gülen, the leader of the controversial Islamic Gülen movement,[13] over his book Amerika'daki İmam ("The Imam in America").[14]
Ergenekon
He was arrested in 2007 and charged with membership of the Association for the Union of Patriotic Forces (VKGB), which is said to be linked to the Ergenekon organization.[3][15] According to Taraf, Poyraz was paid by the JITEM military intelligence unit;[16] General Levent Ersöz has also spoken of payments to Poyraz.[17]
According to media reports, the Turkish Gendarmerie bought thousands of copies of Poyraz' books.[18]
In August 2013, he was sentenced to 29 years and 4 months in prison.[19][20][21] He was released on March 11, 2014 after his sentence time was reduced.[22]
In April 2022 he was severely beaten in front of his house in Kuşadası district of Aydın and hospitalised. [23]
Some of his books
- Fethullah’ın Gerçek Yüzü / Said-i Nursi’den Demirel ve Ecevit’e ("The Real Face of Fethullah: From Said-i Nursi to Demirel and Ecevit"), Otopsi, İstanbul, 2000.
- Misyonerler Arasında Altı Ay ("Six Months Among Missionaries"), 2004
- Kanla Abdest Alanlar ("Those Who Perform their Ablutions with Blood"), Togan Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2007.
- Musa'nın Çocukları: Tayyip ve Emine ("Children of Moses: Tayyip and Emine"), Togan Yayıncılık, 2007
- Musa'nın Gül'ü ("The Rose of Moses"), Togan Yayıncılık, 2007
- Patlak Ampul ("Broken Lamp"), Togan Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2007.
- Amerika'daki İmam ("The Imam in America"), 2009, about Fethullah Gülen
- Takunyalı Führer, Togan Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2010, critical of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- Tarikat, Siyaset, Ticaret ve Cinayet: Masonlarla El Ele, Togan Yayıncılık, 2011
- İplikçi: Kirli İlişkiler Yumağı, Tanyeri Kitap, 2013
References
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