Edip Yüksel

Researcher-writer (b. 1957, Norşin / Bitlis / Turkey). He is son of famous Islam scholar Sadreddin Yüksel. Nevertheless, his father rejected him as a son because of his inclinations to a different belief course. He graduated from İstanbul İmam Hatip School (1976). He studied at Middle East Technical University, Boğaziçi University, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and İstanbul University, Faculty of Litareture, Department of Psychology but was not able to graduate.

He was judged under the article 163 because of his two articles that were published in the reviews and was sentenced to six years heavy imprisonment. He was imprisoned for six months because of his book İlginç Sorular I (Interesting Questions I) when he was released after three years and six months imprisonment. Moreover, he was deprived of studying in the universities of Turkey. He was interested in writing after he was released from prison. He moved to United States.

WORKS:

Turkish:

Kur’ân En Büyük Mucize (Quran the Greatest Miracle),

Yusuf’un 40. Emri (40 Orders of Yusuf, poetry),

Kitab-ı Mukaddes Allah Sözü müdür? (Is Holy Book The Word Of God?),

Kur’ân’da Görülen Mucize (The Miracle in Quran),

Kur’an’da Demirin Kimyasal Sırları (Chemical Secrets of Iron in Quran,, İlginç Sorular 1 ve 2 (Interesting Questions 1 and 2),

Kitap Okumanın Zararları (Harms of Reading Books,1988),

Sakıncalı Yazılar (Objectionable Writings),

Kur’an Meallerindeki Hatalar (Faults in Quran Interpretations),

Kur’ân, Hadis ve İslâm, Kuran Çevirilerindeki Hatalar (Quran, Hadis* and Islam, Faults in Quran Translations, 1998),

Mor Defter (The Purple Note Book, 1999),

Mesaj (The Message, 2000),

Mor Mektuplar (The Purple Letters, 2001).

English:

Test your Quranic Knowledge (1991),

19 Questions For Christian Clergy  (1993),

An Unconventional Skirmish On “Unintentional” Lies  (1993),

Unorthodox Articles   (1993), The Prime Argument   (1995),

Running Like Zebras: An Internet Debate (1995),

19 Questions For Muslim Scholars (1999).

REFERENCE: Vitrindekiler (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 24.12.1998), İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2. bas., 2009).