Turkish court sentenced televangelist who surrounded himself with scantily clad women he called “kittens” to more than 1,000 years in jail for sex crimes.
Adnan Oktar (aka Harun Yahya) preached conservative values while women in revealing outfits danced around him to upbeat music in the TV studio.
64-year-old detained in 2018 along with more than 200 other suspects as part of a crackdown on his group by the financial crimes unit of the Istanbul police.
sentenced to 1,075 years for crimes including sexual assault, sexual abuse of minors
two executives in Oktar’s organisation sentenced to 211 and 186 years
trial followed closely by Turkish media for months
lurid and harrowing details of sex crimes
Harun Yahya told judge he had close to 1,000 girlfriends.
There is an overflowing of love in my heart for women he said
He added : “I am extraordinarily potent”
1990s Oktar first caught up in multiple sex scandals
woman told court that Oktar repeatedly sexually abused her and other women
Some of the women he raped were forced to take contraceptive pills
69,000 contraception pills found in his home
Oktar said they were used to treat skin disorders and menstrual irregularities
Turkish authorities demolished Oktar’s villa also his TV studio
confiscated all his property in 2018
wrote 770-page book “The Atlas of Creation” under pen name, Harun Yahya
(after OSTB)
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