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Ergün Poyraz

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Poyraz is a literary writer known for his controversial critiques of the ruling AKP and the Gülen movement. His bestseller The Children of Moses accused President Erdoğan and his wife of conspiring with Israeli intelligence to undermine Turkish secularism. On April 12, 2022, he was violently attacked outside his home. In March 2025, a court overturned his 2-year, 4-month sentence for “insulting the president,” tied to his 2017 book Without a Diploma, which questioned Erdoğan’s academic credentials.