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He is best known for his 2007 book Children of Moses (Turkish: Musa’n\u0131n \u00c7ocuklar\u0131), which accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan 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.Poyraz graduated from the Y\u0131ld\u0131z Technical University.[1]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.”[4]Poyraz’ 2007 book Children of Moses accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan and his wife of being secret Jews and cooperating with Israeli intelligence to undermine Turkish secularism.[3][5] His book The Rose of Moses contains similar allegations about President Abdullah G\u00fcl.[6] At the time of his 2007 arrest Poyraz appears to have been working on a book about Deniz Baykal.[7]In 2013, Poyraz lost a libel case brought on behalf of the preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen, the leader of the controversial Islamic G\u00fclen movement,[8] over his book Amerika’daki \u0130mam (“The Imam in America”).[9]Ergenekon[edit]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][10] According to Taraf, Poyraz was paid by the JITEM military intelligence unit;[11] General Levent Ers\u00f6z has also spoken of payments to Poyraz.[12]According to media reports, the Turkish Gendarmerie bought thousands of copies of Poyraz’ books.[13]In August 2013, he was sentenced to 29 years and 4 months in prison.[14][15][16] He was released om March 11, 2014 after his sentence time was reduced.[17]In April 2022 he was severely beaten in front of his house in Ku\u015fadas\u0131  district of Ayd\u0131n and hospitalised. [18]Some of his books[edit]Fethullah\u2019\u0131n Ger\u00e7ek Y\u00fcz\u00fc \/ Said-i Nursi\u2019den Demirel ve Ecevit\u2019e (“The Real Face of Fethullah: From Said-i Nursi to Demirel and Ecevit”), Otopsi, \u0130stanbul, 2000.Misyonerler Aras\u0131nda Alt\u0131 Ay (“Six Months Among Missionaries”), 2004Kanla Abdest Alanlar (“Those Who Perform their Ablutions with Blood”), Togan Yay\u0131nc\u0131l\u0131k, \u0130stanbul, 2007.Musa’n\u0131n \u00c7ocuklar\u0131: Tayyip ve Emine (“Children of Moses: Tayyip and Emine”), Togan Yay\u0131nc\u0131l\u0131k, 2007Musa’n\u0131n G\u00fcl’\u00fc (“The Rose of Moses”), Togan Yay\u0131nc\u0131l\u0131k, 2007Patlak Ampul (“Broken Lamp”), Togan Yay\u0131nc\u0131l\u0131k, \u0130stanbul, 2007.Amerika’daki \u0130mam (“The Imam in America”), 2009, about Fethullah G\u00fclenTakunyal\u0131 F\u00fchrer\u00a0[tr],  Togan Yay\u0131nc\u0131l\u0131k, \u0130stanbul, 2010, critical of Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fanTarikat, Siyaset, Ticaret ve Cinayet: Masonlarla El Ele, Togan Yay\u0131nc\u0131l\u0131k, 2011\u0130plik\u00e7i: Kirli \u0130li\u015fkiler Yuma\u011f\u0131, Tanyeri Kitap, 2013References[edit]^ a b idefix.com, Erg\u00fcn Poyraz^ tr:Amerika’daki \u0130mam^ a b c Hurriyet Daily News, 1 August 2007, Anti-government author charged over ultra-nationalist links^ Hurriyet Daily News, 25 August 2001, From the papers^ Mustafa Akyol, Hurriyet Daily News, 5 May 2007, The latest Jewish conspiracy: Turkey’s ‘moderate Islam’ and the AKP^ Today’s Zaman, 28 July 2007, Author of controversial book on PM detained^ Today’s Zaman, 17 August 2010, Baykal affair document found on Ergenekon suspect\u2019s computer^ Popp, Maximilian (8 August 2012). “G\u00fclen Movement Accused of Being a Sect”. Der Spiegel.^ Zaman, 8 March 2013, Hocaefendi\u2019ye iftiradan tazminat \u00f6deyecek Archived May 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine^ Today’s Zaman, 17 January 2009, Ergun Poyraz was keeping tabs on military, media learn^ Today’s Zaman, 31 March 2008, Controversial writer Poyraz was paid by illegal military intelligence Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine^ Today’s Zaman, 12 August 2010, Ergenekon suspect Ers\u00f6z: I did what Gen. Eruygur ordered^ Today’s Zaman, 16 October 2010, Eruygur blamed for siphoning money through fake firm^ “Ergenekon karar\u0131 okunmaya ba\u015fland\u0131”. Milliyet. August 5, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.^ Today’s Zaman, 5 August 2013, Long sentences for Ergenekon suspects, life for ex-army chief Archived August 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine^ “Number of journalists convicted in Ergenekon trial rises to 20 | Reporters without borders”. Reporters without borders. 2013-08-07. Retrieved 2021-07-09.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: url-status (link)^ Ergun Poyraz ve Kemal Alemdaro\u011flu tahliye edildi^ “Yazar Erg\u00fcn Poyraz evinin \u00f6n\u00fcnde sald\u0131r\u0131ya u\u011frad\u0131, 6 ki\u015fi g\u00f6zalt\u0131na al\u0131nd\u0131”. BBC News T\u00fcrk\u00e7e (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-04-12.  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/ergun-poyraz-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Erg\u00fcn Poyraz – Wikipedia"}}]}]