Now writing under the pen-name of HARUN YAHYA, he was
born in Ankara in 1956. Having completed his primary and secondary
education in Ankara, he studied arts at Istanbul's Mimar Sinan University
and philosophy at Istanbul University. Since the 1980s, he has published many
books on political, scientific, and faith-related issues. Harun Yahya is well-known as
the author of important works disclosing the imposture of evolutionists, their invalid
claims, and the dark liaisons between Darwinism and such bloody ideologies as fascism
and communism.

His pen-name is a composite of the names Harun (Aaron) and Yahya (John), in mem-
ory of the two esteemed Prophets who fought against their people's lack of faith. The

Prophet's seal on the his books' covers is symbolic and is linked to the their contents. It
represents the Qur'an (the final scripture) and the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon
him), last of the prophets. Under the guidance of the Qur'an and the Sunnah (teachings
of the Prophet), the author makes it his purpose to disprove each fundamental tenet of
godless ideologies and to have the "last word," so as to completely silence the objections

raised against religion. He uses the seal of the final Prophet, who attained ultimate wis-
dom and moral perfection, as a sign of his intention to offer the last word.

All of Harun Yahya's works share one single goal: to convey the Qur' an's message, en-
courage readers to consider basic faith-related issues such as God's Existence and Unity

and the hereafter; and to expose godless systems' feeble foundations and perverted ide-
ologies.

Harun Yahya enjoys a wide readership in many countries, from India to America,

England to Indonesia, Poland to Bosnia, and Spain to Brazil. Some of his books are avail-
able in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Urdu, Arabic,

Albanian, Russian, Serbo-Croat (Bosnian), Polish, Malay, Uygur Turkish, and
Indonesian.
Greatly appreciated all around the world, these works have been
instrumental in many people recovering faith in God and gaining

deeper insights into their faith. His books' wisdom and sin-
cerity, together with a distinct style that's easy to under-

stand, directly affect anyone who reads them. Those
who seriously consider these books, can no longer advocate

atheism or any other perverted ideology or materialistic philos-
ophy, since these books are characterized by rapid effectiveness, def-
inite results, and irrefutability. Even if they continue to do so, it will be

only a sentimental insistence, since these books refute such ideologies from

their very foundations. All contemporary movements of denial are now ideologi-
cally defeated, thanks to the books written by Harun Yahya.

This is no doubt a result of the Qur'an's wisdom and lucidity. The author modestly in-
tends to serve as a means in humanity's search for God's right path. No material gain is

sought in the publication of these works.