Eruygur je opisan kao čelnik sekularističkog Udruženja Ataturkove misli i jedan od ključnih organizatora masovnih skupova protiv AKP-a održanih pred izbore u julu 2007.
Eruygur was described as the head of the secularist Ataturkist Thought Association and one of the key organisers of mass anti-AKP rallies held ahead of the July 2007 elections.