तुर्की : Adnan #Oktar इस्तांबुल की अदालत ने अदनान ओक्तार को 8,658 साल की सज़ा सुनाई : रिपोर्ट

इस्तांबुल की एक अदालत ने बुधवार को मुस्लिम टेलीविजन के एक उपदेशक अदनान ओक्तार को 8,658 साल की जेल की सजा सुनाई है. वह छोटे-छोटे कपड़े पहनने वाली और खूब सारा मेकअप करने वाली महिला एंकर्स से घिरा रहता था और उन सबको “बिल्ली की बच्ची ” कहकर बुलाता रहता था. पिछले साल, 66 वर्षीय ओक्कार को यौन उत्पीड़न, नाबालिगों के यौन शोषण, धोखाधड़ी और राजनीतिक और सैन्य जासूसी के प्रयास सहित कई बड़े अपराधों के लिए 1,075 साल की सजा सुनाई गई थी. लेकिन उस फैसले को एक ऊपरी अदालत ने पलट दिया था.

Turkish ‘cult leader’ Oktar sentenced to 8,658 years in prison

Adnan Oktar was charged with leading a criminal gang, engaging in political and military espionage, and sexual abuse of minors, among others.

An Istanbul court has sentenced a televangelist who surrounded himself with scantily clad women he called “kittens” to 8,658 years in prison in a retrial, Turkish local media reported.

Adnan Oktar, who has been described as a “cult leader”, led television programmes surrounded by women as he preached creationism and conservative values.

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An Istanbul court has sentenced notorious televangelist Adnan Oktar to 8,658 years in prison for running a criminal ring involved in sexual assault, fraud, blackmail, and more.

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Turquie: Le gourou sexuel religieux Adnan Oktar a été condamné à 8 658 années de prison ferme par la justice turque pour abus sexuels & viols sur mineurs, kidnapping, fraude fiscale, violation des lois anti-terrorisme & pour avoir dirigé une organisation criminelle.

He also published books in multiple languages around the world, under the pen name Harun Yahya.

The 66-year-old and hundreds of his followers were arrested in 2018 after a police raid on his villa revealed he ran a criminal ring under the disguise of a heterodox Islamic cult which carried out international antievolution campaigns through various publishing houses and media outlets.

His online A9 TV channel was also shut down.

In January 2021, Oktar was convicted of 10 separate charges, including leading a criminal gang, engaging in political and military espionage, sexual abuse of minors, rape, blackmail and causing torment.

The charges also included aiding the network led by US-based Muslim scholar Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkey accuses of masterminding a failed coup attempt in 2016.

Oktar was sentenced at the time to 1,075 years, but an upper court overturned that ruling.

During the retrial, Istanbul’s High Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced Oktar to 8,658 years in prison on several charges, including sexual abuse and depriving someone of their liberty, the Anadolu news agency reported.

The court also sentenced 10 other suspects to 8,658 years in prison each, the agency said.

According to the Turkish Daily Sabah, the sentences did not exceed a previous record sentence issued by the court – which was 9,803 years and six months – but are still one of the longest in the country and in the world.