Ergün Poyraz (born 31 January 1963idefix.com, Ergün Poyraz ) is a prolific Turkish author known for his controversial books about the ruling Justice and Development Party, the Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen,:tr:Amerika'daki İmam and people associated with them. He is best known for his 2007 book The Children of Moses (), which accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his wife of being secret Jews and of cooperating with Israeli intelligence to undermine Turkish secularism. 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.
Life Poyraz graduated from the Yıldız Technical University.
He was described as an extremely secular Turkish ultranationalist.
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."Hürriyet Daily News, 25 August 2001, From the papers
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. His another book The Rose of Moses contains similar allegations about President Abdullah Gül.Today's Zaman, 28 July 2007, Author of controversial book on PM detained It was the second best-selling book in Turkey in 2007. 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. At the time of his 2007 arrest Poyraz appears to have been working on a book about Deniz Baykal.Today's Zaman, 17 August 2010, Baykal affair document found on Ergenekon suspect’s computer
In 2013, Poyraz lost a libel case brought on behalf of the preacher Fethullah Gülen, the leader of the controversial Islamic Gülen movement, over his book Amerika'daki İmam ("The Imam in America").Zaman, 8 March 2013, Hocaefendi’ye iftiradan tazminat ödeyecek
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.Hürriyet Daily News, 1 August 2007, Anti-government author charged over ultra-nationalist linksToday's Zaman, 17 January 2009, Ergun Poyraz was keeping tabs on military, media learn According to Taraf, Poyraz was paid by the JITEM military intelligence unit;Today's Zaman, 31 March 2008, Controversial writer Poyraz was paid by illegal military intelligence General Levent Ersöz has also spoken of payments to Poyraz.Today's Zaman, 12 August 2010, Ergenekon suspect Ersöz: I did what Gen. Eruygur ordered
According to media reports, the Turkish Gendarmerie bought thousands of copies of Poyraz' books.Today's Zaman, 16 October 2010, Eruygur blamed for siphoning money through fake firm
In August 2013, he was sentenced to 29 years and 4 months in prison.Today's Zaman, 5 August 2013, Long sentences for Ergenekon suspects, life for ex-army chief He was released on March 11, 2014 after his sentence time was reduced.Ergun Poyraz ve Kemal Alemdaroğlu tahliye edildi
In April 2022 he was severely beaten in front of his house in Kuşadası district of Aydın and hospitalised.
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 , 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
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