Education
Poyraz graduated from the Yıldız Technical University.
Poyraz graduated from the Yıldız Technical University.
He was arrested in 2007 and was a defendant in the trials. On 5 August 2013, he was sentenced to 29 years in prison. According to Milliyet, Poyraz contributed to the 1998 closure of the Welfare Party (RP) "by presenting to the Constitutional Court footage of RP leader Necmettin Erbakan"s speeches."
His book The Rose of Moses contains similar allegations about President Abdullah Gül.
At the time of his 2007 arrest Poyraz appears to have been working on a book about Deniz Baykal.
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"). 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 organization.
According to Taraf, Poyraz was paid by the JITEM military intelligence unit General Levent Ersöz has also spoken of payments to Poyraz.
According to media reports, the Turkish Gendarmerie bought thousands of copies of Poyraz" books
On 5 August 2013, he was sentenced to 29 years and 4 months in prison.