The High Court of Appeal in Turkey sentenced a nationalist Turkish author and journalist, Ergun Peyroz to a year in prison for insults to Christianity and Judaism.
The journalist who is known for his radically nationalistic opinions published two books of conspiracy based on unfounded claims that the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN and his wife are (“Children of Moses”), Jewish descendents of the Shabtaim and similar claims against the then Member and current President, Abdullah Gul, (which means ‘rose’ in Turkish) calling him the “Rose of Moses”. He was tried and sentenced for the insults he wrote in these books about Judaism and Christianity. Because of their scandalous nature, these books not only received wise publicity but also became best sellers.
