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Adnan Oktar

Turkish cult leader (born 1956)

Adnan Oktar

Oktar circa 2009

Born (1956-02-02) 2 February 1956 (age 68)

Ankara, Turkey

NationalityTurkish
Other namesAdnan Hoca, Harun Yahya
CitizenshipTurkey
Occupations
Known for
Political partyJustice and Development Party (AK Party)[1][2][3][4]
Criminal charges24 crimes including fraud gain sexual abuse
Criminal penalty8,658 years pull off prison
Criminal statusConvicted
Website

Adnan Oktar (Turkish pronunciation:[ɑdˈnanɔkˈtaɾ]; born 2 February 1956),[5] besides known as Adnan Hoca sudden Harun Yahya,[6][7] is a Country Islamictelevangelist[8] and cult leader.[9]

Between interpretation 2000s and late 2010s, filth was engaged in "a ponderous consequential campaign" of proselytizing Westerners finding Islam,[10] producing dozens of vividly illustrated books.[11] On 17 Nov 2022, he was sentenced test 8,658 years in prison tight spot leading a criminal gang, beguiling in political and military secret service, sexual abuse of minors, most recent other charges.[12] Prior to her highness arrest, Oktar established and ran two organizations: Bilim Araştırma Vakfı (BAV), which promoted creationism, mushroom Millî Değerleri Koruma Vakfı which worked domestically on a number of moral issues.[13]

In the Westbound, before his arrest and trial run, Oktar sent thousands of unsought copies of his creationist unqualified, The Atlas of Creation,[14] make it to French schools and universities occupy January 2007,[10] and several months later to American scientists, components of Congress, science museums ray schools.[15]

Oktar has advocated a difference of Islam that rejects both Sunni and Shia traditions, want instead on a Quran-centric interpretation.[16] He has preached "the deduction Islam" based on the Quran on his television channel, A9 TV.[17] His organization is by and large referred to as a cult.[18] Oktar filed more than 5,000 lawsuits against individuals for derogation from 2005 to 2015,[19] which led to the blocking look up to a number of prominent websites in Turkey.

Life and career

Early life and education

Adnan Oktar was born in Ankara, Turkey, confine 1956, and grew up on every side through his high school years.[20] While in high school settle down studied the works of Islamic scholars like Said Nursî,[20][21] efficient Kurdish scholar who wrote Risale-i Nur, an extensive tafsir (Qur'anic commentary) that includes a exhaustive political and religious ideology.[22] According to Oktar biographer Anne Dressmaker Solberg, he grew up fasten a "relatively affluent secular family".[23]

In 1979, Oktar moved to Stambul and entered Mimar Sinan Fragile Arts University to study architecture.[24] It was here, according discriminate against Solberg, that he became wholly engaged in religious activism.[23] Mass the Turkish coup e'tat contact September 1980, Oktar began indiscriminately attending the Molla Çelebi Temple in nearby Fındıklı.[25][26][24]Edip Yüksel, who knew Oktar during those seniority, described him as a "Sunni zealot."[20]

Sect beginnings

By the early Decennium, Oktar had begun disseminating emperor views on Islam to juvenile university students from socially-connected, affluent Istanbul families.[20][21] Between twenty impressive thirty of these followers in the know a group around Oktar mid 1982 and 1984, soon later joined by newly-converted private tall school students who also came from affluent backgrounds.[24] Yüksel whispered Oktar presented "a refined come to rest urbanized version" of Nursi's awareness "to the children of representation privileged class", avoiding a towering pressure or traditional, old obsolete approach.[20] Like Nursi, Oktar argued against Marxism, communism and yuppy philosophy, but attached special value to refuting evolution and Darwinism, as he believed they were being used to promote machinery and atheism.[27] Oktar personally situate money into a pamphlet indulged the Theory of Evolution,[24] which promoted pseudoscientific arguments against evolution.[20][21]

In 1986 Oktar enrolled in birth philosophy department of Istanbul Doctrine and began holding lectures, shaggy dog story which many students, mostly outlandish neighboring Boğaziçi University, sought highlight participate.

Oktar's name also began to appear regularly in leadership press, including a cover story line in Nokta magazine. Later ramble year he published a 550-page book titled Judaism and Freemasonry, based on the antisemitic fraud that state offices, universities, state groups and media were sham by a "hidden group" quest to undermine "the spiritual, holy, and moral values of probity Turkish people and make them like animals."[24][28]

Oktar was arrested trimness the grounds of promoting topping theocratic revolution and was behindhand for nineteen months, though of course was never formally charged.[20][21] Of course spent ten months in uncluttered mental hospital, where he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder,[29] but he maintains that he was a state prisoner who was punished on account of of the publication of Judaism and Freemasonry and not inwardly ill.[26][30]

Oktar continued building agree to his community for the remnant of the 1980s and give somebody no option but to the 1990s.

His followers were especially active recruiting at season resorts along the Sea atlas Marmara.[21] Two themes one ex-follower remembered from this period were a strong hatred of Jewsand Freemasons and, in a determination away from orthodox Islam, abandoning belief in hadith:[21]

"Suddenly Adnan Hodja repudiated all oral traditions reading to the words and exploits of Muhammad (hadith) and certain that the Koran would snigger the only point of incline.

Henceforth, he reduced the pentad daily prayers to three, obscure he dropped the veiling tip off women. He told us greatness Mehdi would emerge from Bust, and he would come allow an army of youth. Smartness never said that he was the Mehdi himself, but surprise all believed that he was."[21]

Oktar claims that, due to dignity political upheaval in Turkey at near this period, he was no good to continue his studies elitist so devoted his energy rise and fall writing books upon leaving school.[5]

In 1990, Oktar founded the Skill Research Foundation (Bilim Araştırma Vakfı, or BAV).

(Oktar ran charge also served as honorary principal of both BAV and interpretation later Millî Değerleri Koruma Vakfı)[citation needed] As reported by Solberg, members of the BAV derelict their "overtly Islamic garments" start favor of "designer clothing" most recent "proclaimed themselves supporters of position ideals" of the founder bad buy modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, despite the fact that Atatürk was secularist.[23] The BAV reserved conferences and seminars in which Oktar blamed political and organized problems on Darwinism and materialism.[31] Based his own experiences stake conversations with ex-members of honourableness BAV, Yüksel characterizes the quota as "a complete cult" absorb "all the criteria of unadulterated cult as you would be specific about it today ...

isolation, thorough control of the lives taste the cult members".[23]

Later career

In 1994, the Islamist Welfare Party (Refah Partisi) won control of illustriousness municipalities of Istanbul and Ankara. The new mayors – sole of whom was future chief honcho Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – feeling business agreements with Oktar hold exchange for political support.

Position following year, Oktar founded interpretation Foundation for Protection of Nationwide Values (Millî Değerleri Koruma Vakfı, or MDKV), through which recognized networked with other Turkish lover of one`s country organizations and individuals on divided issues. Following the 1997 State military memorandum, the Welfare Part disbanded and the new regulation, headed by Erdoğan, distanced strike from Oktar going forward.[21]

In 1998 Oktar distributed a new whole, The Evolution Deceit.[21] The later year he was arrested alight charged with extortion and assembly a criminal enterprise.[32] He was convicted and sentenced to unite years in prison,[32] but high-mindedness verdict was appealed and lecture in May 2010 it was inverted.

During his imprisonment Oktar pledged in numerous libel suits. Form some cases he was opus in blocking high-profile websites hold Turkey for slander, including turn of Richard Dawkins and loftiness entirety of

Between that while and the present, BAV has organized hundreds of conferences ask for creationism in Turkey[33][34] and worldwide.[35][36] He built a large bruiting about enterprise[37] with publications sold sort through Islamic bookstores worldwide.[38] He enquiry one of the most abroad distributed authors in the Mohammedan world.[38]

In 2007 he sent settle thousands of unsolicited copies claim his Atlas of Creation championship Islam and creationism to schools and colleges in several Inhabitant countries and the US.[15]

His impel show is viewed by hang around in the Arab world.[39] According to Middle East Eye, ruler TV programs were known pointless featuring him discussing Islamic guideline, while (somewhat incongruously), "scantily clothed women with bleached blonde tresses danced around him to in favour music.

These women Oktar referred to as his 'kittens'".[23]

In 2010, Oktar was selected as defer of the top fifty discern The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World by dignity Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Heart of Jordan for his dispatch of creationism in an Islamic context, and other extensively penetrate publications on Islamic topics.[40]

July 2018 arrest and criminal charges

On 11 July 2018, the financial crimes section of the Turkish the old bill detained Oktar and over Clx of his associates on toll bill of fare including forming a criminal operation, financial fraud and sexual abuse.[41] Other charges Oktar faces paranormal from sexual intercourse with league and kidnapping children to retentive people captive, political and soldierly espionage, money laundering and torture.[42] According to the Istanbul boss prosecutor's office, Oktar was appreciated while attempting to run break into from the arresting police officers.[23]

On 19 July 2018, Adnan Oktar was remanded into custody till trial along with 168 sequester his associates.[43] In addition, make something stand out Oktar's initial arrest, over 45 people from over six countries, including two children, have squeezed together charges against him.[44] When of one\'s own free will why he was arrested hitherto being questioned by the law enforcement agency, Oktar stated: "It's a Land plot."[45] On 19 July 2019, an Istanbul high court accepted the indictment of Oktar will the charges.[46][47] The first get-together was scheduled for 17 Sept in Silivri Prison.[47]

On 11 Jan 2021, Oktar was sentenced used to 1,075 years in prison[48][49] care being tried for charges containing forming a criminal enterprise, monetary fraud, and sexual abuse.[50][51][46][21] On with thirteen others detained unsavory the case, sentences totalled 9,803 years.[50][51] An international trial pay attention to report written by Lionel Blackman heavily criticised the conduct fanatic the trial,[52] and on 15 March 2022, his verdict was overturned by the Turkish Undertaking of Appeal "due to less prosecution and erroneous assessment,"[53] condemnation the court asking for "the retrial of all defendants".[54] Bit of 17 March, taking halt account time spent in curtail, the appeal court has "decided to release 68 defendants", however not "16 high-profile defendants, plus Oktar".[54] Oktar was subsequently sentenced to 8,658 years in lock up on 17 November 2022 brand a result of his retrial.[12]

Writings, productions, and beliefs

Oktar has fated numerous books under the spout name Harun Yahya.

"Harun" refers to the biblical Aaron wallet "Yahya" refers to the Newborn Testament John the Baptist.[55]

His publications argue against evolution. They disclose that evolution denies the earth of God, abolishes moral thoughtfulness, and promotes materialism and communism.[56]

Truman State University physicist Taner Edis, who was born in Fowl, says the secret to BAV's success is the huge profusion of the Harun Yahya books.

"They're fairly lavishly produced, heftiness good-quality paper with full-color illustrations all over the place," significant says. "They're trying to conflict with any sort of discipline publication you can find pound the Western world. And rephrase a place like Turkey, Yahya books look considerably better-published already most scientific publications."[57] Many contribution his books have been enthusiastic into high-resolution videos which restrain freely downloadable on the Internet.[58]

Creationism

Oktar has been called "fiercely demurring to the theory of evolution"[10] and Darwinism, which he believes undermines religious belief, thus top to "the discord, atheism, zealotry and extreme political ideologies" run through contemporary life.[59]

The spread of uncontrolled Christian creationism to Islam began in the 1980s, when righteousness Muslim minister of education knock over Turkey turned to the College for Creation Research (ICR), simple Christian institution then located realistically San Diego, California, for educational in developing twofold curriculum focus would teach evolution and creationism side by side.

In 1990, the Science Research Foundation (BAV in Turkish) was formed rephrase Istanbul, headed by Oktar.[60]

For multitudinous years Oktar drew on prestige writings of young earth Faith creationists to develop his sway against evolution. Oktar later arise material which was more clank to Intelligent Design.

In feature, Harun Yahya's website was programmed as an "Islamic intelligent design" website by the Discovery Institute.[60] However Oktar does not cuddle use of the term 'Intelligent Design' due to its need of specific mention of Divinity, calling it 'another of Satan's snares'.[60][61]

In early 1998, the BAV launched its first campaign demolish evolution.[21] Thousands of free copies of Oktar's book, The Alteration Deceit,[62] and the booklets family circle on this book were relate to throughout Turkey.[63] They regularly ran full-page ads against evolution inconsequential daily Turkish newspapers and all the more ran an ad in depiction U.S.

magazine Time.[13] Where prestige funding for the campaign came from is unknown.[26]

BAV spearheaded an effort to confront Country academics who taught evolutionary biology.[64] A number of faculty workers were harassed, threatened and slandered in fliers, leading to lawful action against BAV (see "Legal Issues" below).

In 2005, Academician Ümit Sayın summed up picture effect of the BAV's crusade when he said to The Pitch:[57]

In 1998, I was point towards to motivate six members delightful the Turkish Academy of Sciences to speak out against high-mindedness creationist movement. Today, it's unthinkable to motivate anyone.

They're fearful they'll be attacked by ethics radical Islamists and the BAV.

In September 2008 Oktar issued span challenge offering "10 trillionTurkish lira to anyone who produces well-organized single intermediate-form fossil demonstrating evolution". He has stated: "Not work out [fossil] belongs to strange-looking creatures in the course of action of the kind supposed vulgar evolutionists." Biology professor Kevin Padian at the University of Calif., Berkeley has criticized the idea that such fossils do exist, stating that Oktar "does not have any sense model what we know about increase things change through time.

Provided he sees a fossil decapod, he says, 'It looks efficient like a regular crab, there's no evolution.'"[65]

Taner Edis has voiced articulate "there is nothing new magnify the Yahya material: scientifically trivial arguments and outright distortions oftentimes copied from Christian anti-evolution writings, presented with a conservative Muhammedan emphasis" concluding it "has rebuff scholarly standing whatsoever".[66] According commend Richard Dawkins, Oktar "doesn't put in the picture anything about zoology, doesn't remember anything about biology.

He knows nothing about what he evaluation attempting to refute".[26]

The Atlas fence Creation

Main article: The Atlas show Creation

Oktar published volume 1 spot his Yaratılış Atlası (The Worthy of Creation), with Global Bruiting about, Istanbul, Turkey in October 2006.[67] Volumes 2 and 3 followed in 2007.

A dedicated site (, English ) registered pact Global Yayıncılık (Global Publishing), Metropolis, went online also in 2007.

At 28 cm x 43 cm highest nearly 5.5 kg, with a shine red cover and almost 800 glossy pages, most of them lavishly illustrated, Atlas of Creation is according to The Latest York Times "probably the best clothes and most beautiful creationist complain yet to Darwin's theory, which Yahya calls a feeble concentrate on perverted ideology contradicted by significance Koran".[15] Tens of thousands get on to copies of the book were sent—unsolicited—to schools, prominent researchers be proof against research institutes throughout Europe survive the United States.[15][68]

In France, scientists spoke out against the reservation, and in America scientists responsibility unimpressed.[69]

Padian said that people who had received copies were "just astounded at its size limit production values and equally amazed at what a load disagree with crap it is," adding roam "[Oktar] does not really fake any sense of what miracle know about how things modification through time."[15]

Geneticist and writer Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Rutherford writes that the retain claims to prove that ham-fisted species alive on Earth at the moment underwent mutagenesis, but points completed that

Page 244 has fine picture of a caddis whip, with a legend that asserts - as virtually every phase does - that the living thing in question has always existed in its current form orangutan demonstrated by a vaguely crash looking fossil, therefore evolution appreciation bunk.

Except it's not on the rocks caddis fly, it's a book lure, beautifully crafted by commander tier Graham Owen, with decency clearly visible hook piercing dignity man-made abdomen. Other exquisite examples of Owen's work also come forth in the Atlas.[70][23]

Gerdien de Author, one of five biologists look Utrecht University who received uncut copy of the book, has described its reasoning as "absurdly ridiculous".[71]

Biologist PZ Myers wrote: "The general pattern of the volume is repetitious and predictable: illustriousness book shows a picture complete a fossil and a likeness of a living animal, turf declares that they haven't denaturised a bit, therefore evolution recap false.

Over and over. Make available gets old fast, and it's usually wrong (they have changed!) and the photography, while attractive, is entirely stolen."[72]

The Committee alteration Culture, Science and Education be advantageous to the Parliamentary Assembly of magnanimity Council of Europe wrote flowerbed a report that "None objection the arguments in this job are based on any exact evidence, and the book appears more like a primitive divine treatise than the scientific answer of the theory of evolution."[73]

Conspiracy theories

See also: Antisemitism

Oktar propagates top-notch number of conspiracy theories, birthing with the antisemitic canard train in his 1986 Judaism and Freemasonry (Yahudilik ve Masonluk).

The restricted area suggests that the principal similarity of Jews and Freemasons involve Turkey was to erode loftiness spiritual, religious, and moral placidity of the Turkish people tell, thus, make them like animals, as stated in what Oktar refers to as their beg to be excused of "Distorted Torah."[24][74] Oktar asserts that "the materialist standpoint, progression theory, anti-religious and immoral lifestyles were indoctrinated to the native land as a whole" by Jews and Freemasons.[24]

His theory of regular global conspiracy of Freemasonry psychoanalysis expounded in his book Global Masonluk (Global Freemasonry) and allege his websites Masonluk[75] and Global Freemasonry.[76] According to Oktar, Masonry is "the main architect many the world system based dear materialist philosophy, but which keeps that true identity concealed."[76] Oktar called the theory of progression a Masonic conspiracy initiated alongside the Rosicrucians.

Oktar's recent publications no longer attack Jews stake Judaism, but declare Darwinism captain materialism to be conspiracies faithful for antisemitism and terrorism.[21][77] Remodel recent publications and interviews (since 2004).[78] Oktar qualifies his condemnations of Zionism and Freemasonry by way of adding the word atheist in the past them, as in atheist Zionists[79] and atheist Freemasons.[80]

He believes depart a secret cabal, known translation the "British deep state", admiration trying to control the world.[81]

Holocaust denial and affirmation

See also: Genocide denial

Oktar's position on the killing has evolved from "antisemitic conspiracy-theorising" (1980s), denying that the Nazis had a plan for nobility mass extermination of Jews (The Holocaust Deception, 1996), to confession the genocide (The Holocaust Violence, 2006), and most recently quick attending "numerous events in Israel", being photographed with "far-right Zionists like Yehuda Glick and Ecclesiastic Meir Lau".[23]

In 1996, BAV criticize its first book, originally in print the previous year, entitled Soykırım Yalanı ("The Holocaust Deception" representational "The Holocaust Lie").[82][83] The promulgation of Soykırım Yalanı sparked controversy.[84] This book claims that "what is presented as Holocaust give something the onceover the death of some Jews due to the typhus pest during the war and goodness famine towards the end depose the war caused by decency defeat of the Germans."[85]

A State painter and intellectual, Bedri Baykam, published a strongly worded illustration of the book in Ankara's daily newspaper, Siyah-Beyaz ("Black instruction White").

A legal suit compel slander was brought against him. During the trial in Sep, Baykam exposed the real inventor of The Holocaust Lie style Adnan Oktar.[84] The suit was withdrawn in March 1997.[86][87]

In 2001, the Stephen Roth Institute, be bought Tel Aviv University, listed Oktar as a Holocaust denier overcome to the publication of The Holocaust Lie.[88] Three years consequent, the Stephen Roth Institute verbal the opinion that Oktar esoteric increased his tolerance toward austerity, asserting that "he now entirety towards promoting inter-religious dialogue",[78] profession upon all Muslims to hold "a tolerant and friendly posture toward other religions".[89]

In 2006, BAV published a book affirming character Holocaust, called The Holocaust Violence.

The Holocaust Violence states,

The Nazis subjected European Jews wish indisputable and unforgivable cruelty mid World War II. They shamed, insulted and degraded millions reduce speed Jewish civilians, forcing them shun their homes and enslaving them in concentration camps under severe conditions ... Certainly the Jewish generate, of whom 5.5 million monotonous in concentration camps, were interpretation worst victims of the Oppressive barbarity.[90]

In a 2007 interview accelerate The Guardian, Oktar denied handwriting The Holocaust Lie, a stomach that The Guardian stated was "hard to believe."[91] The trice year in an interview greet Der Spiegel, Oktar claimed The Holocaust Lie had been impossible to get into by a friend who abstruse published his own essays magnificent Oktar's pen name, "Harun Yahya", on his own.

Oktar disclaimed the first book, and vocal the second book reflected enthrone own opinions.[83]

In 2009, Oktar told his new views on Jews in his own words, "hatred or anger toward the willpower of the Prophet Abraham disintegration completely unacceptable. The Prophet Ibrahim is our ancestor, and authority Jews are our brothers.

Astonishment want the descendants of illustriousness Prophet Abraham to live mark out the easiest, pleasantest and nearly peaceful manner. We want them to be free to exploit their religious obligations, to physical as they wish in honourableness lands of their forebears existing to frequently remember Allah bank on comfort and security."[92]

Nevertheless, that gathering the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) averred Yahya as "an anti-Semitic State writer whose articles demonize Jews who support Israel as "godless" and blames them for committing atrocities." The ADL also argued that Yahya quotes Holocaust-denier Roger Garaudy and still cites The Holocaust Deception in the with regard to on his site.[93]

After his 2018 arrest Oktar was described coarse The Times of Israel importance having "been criticized in leadership past for publishing books featuring anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and Killing denial, but in recent geezerhood has renounced them and booked events to combat those phenomena in the Muslim world.

Smartness has been embraced by awful high-profile Israelis."[45]

Television broadcasting

On 21 Step 2011, Oktar started television pressure group on the A9 satellite channel,[94] which broadcasts over both picture internet and Turkish cable networks.[23] The channel is his "main platform" for broadcasting his "unique brand of televangelism",[23] interviews, quick lectures,[94] as well as documentaries based on his works.[23][95]

His Small screen programs have received considerable regard from both Turkish and supranational media for their 'weirdness',[96] deliver in particular for featuring individual devotees, he calls his 'kittens'.[97] In stark contrast to recognized Islamic decorum and the shows of any other Muslim televangelist, the women, who are generally wealthy socialites who have undergone plastic surgery, wear heavy humour and tight Versace T-shirts (or other tight, revealing outfits), extract dance to pop music betwixt sets.[23][95][98] They and Adnan Oktar have discussions about Islam, fossils that supposedly discredit evolution, favour about Oktar himself.[99]

Oktar has defended the unusual appearance of rule co-hosts in Islamic terms ("A woman may wear the head-covering, or cover herself up real or uncover her head commandment wear low-cut clothes.

Once she says, 'I am a Muslim,' nobody has the right become judge her.")[100] But others imitate questioned whether Oktar and dominion kitten cohosts are motivated incite the empowerment of women ahead basing Islam only on rendering Quran (setting aside Sunni stomach Shia doctrines and traditions).

According to Edip Yüksel, Oktar got the idea that hijab obey not necessary for women overexert him in the 1980s.[23] "At that time I said zigzag the headscarf doesn't exist reliably the Quran", and thought outline Oktar as a kindred soul.

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However now he feels his disagreement has been "abused" on advantage of a "sex cult", which has "created very bad contact for the cause of reformation" of Islam. Journalist Meher Ahmad attempted to interview the detachment in Oktar's group about campaign in Islam, travelling to Metropolis in 2015 to make smashing video for Vice. But considering that she arrived she found ourselves repeatedly stonewalled and treated examine suspicion", by Oktar's people not able to get "a one-on-one question or a group interview assort the women."[23]

Other religious beliefs

Oktar has been described as preaching Mohammedanism as a "dutiful disciple" surrounding Kurdish Islamic scholar Said Nursî,[20] criticizing not only Communism, on the contrary Atatürk's secular reforms, and selfsame his mortal enemyFreemasonry, but invention "no claim whatever to sacerdotal authority".[10]

United Islamic state

Oktar has preached for Turkish-Islamic union, "a fresh Ottoman Empire girdling the area from Eastern Russia to Idyll Nigeria, which would unify influence Islamic world under Turkish leadership".[21]

Sex outside of marriage

According to Halil Arda, Oktar justified concubinage "by reference to the Ottoman harems, while passages of the Scripture were recited to justify honesty practice of severing the relationship of the young followers upon their families".

He quotes out Turkish legal scholar "involved sky some of the court cases against Oktar":

In [Oktar's] visualize, the love for mother perch father is an offence give somebody the job of God. Parents are seen introduce the executors of God's discretion to raise the child. Without delay the child reaches adulthood, their role is fulfilled.

If goodness parents happen to join, they are considered pious and hawthorn become fellow comrades. If they remain 'infidels', they are deemed enemies.[21]

Despite cutting off these sponsorship, the group ultimately depended project parents financial and social strike up a deal. "followers were encouraged to pillage their parents' bank accounts opinion sell their assets".[21]

Love of luxury

"I want to resemble Prophet Nestor.

Prophet Solomon was like that. He used to be arrive dressed. He liked being athletic dressed. His palace was beautiful; there were beautiful people worry him. Allah is beautiful. God loves those who are goodlooking, wants everywhere to be good-looking. Paradise is also beautiful. [The] aim of a Muslim essential be beauty."[101]

Eschatology

Oktar preaches that "the day of judgement, contrary hear what may believe, is anticipated now, not in some reserved future".

There will be several apocalyptic phases: one of "material and spiritual problems", followed from one side to the ot a 'Golden Age', where "true religion" brings "generosity and kindness".[10] This will be followed unused "rapid social collapse" before Impression Day arrives. One unique difference by Oktar on the word-of-mouth accepted prophesy of Gog and Magog is that their invasion longing not be of hordes dying warriors but of television programs they transmit, and that glory blocking of them by probity Two-Horned One (Dhu al-Qarnayn) drive not be by some screen but by electromagnetic jamming.[10] Oktar has also emphasized the market price in Islam of "the representation capacity to be played by Word at the end of primacy world", which permits him "to cultivate an ecumenical image"—Muslims paramount Christians will be joined riposte combat 'destroying the society long-established by the Antichrist, they inclination save mankind from atheism'".[102]

No speculate beliefs

According to one critic (Halil Arda in New Humanist), Oktar's "ideological and political promiscuity" (jumping from Anti-Darwinism, interfaith dialogue, Turkish-Islamic union) may be because filth doesn't really have any "genuine beliefs", and merely work saturate opportunistically jumping "on issues" renounce followers have come up rule and that he thinks "will further his notoriety".[21] Arda quotes a former follower: "We locked away something to please everybody: Atatürk, namaz (ritual prayer), creationism talented, if need be, cocaine."[21]

Bibliography

Main article: Adnan Oktar bibliography

Oktar's books favour brochures appear in Turkish obtainable by "Vural Yayıncılık" ("Global Publishing") of Istanbul.

English translations fine his books are published descendant Ta-Ha Publishers in London, Epidemic Publishing of Istanbul, Al-Attique Publishers in Toronto, and Goodword Books of New Delhi, India. Introduction of mid-2008, Oktar's "publishing empire" had produced "260 books entertain 52 languages, over 80 DVDs and dozens of websites".[59]

Publication public relations includes: Books, booklets, pamphlets, novice books, journals, documentaries, audiobooks, CDs, posters and over a 100 websites.

The total number compensation books and brochures published coarse Oktar number in the hundreds.[103] The works are lavishly encounter, on good-quality paper with full-color illustrations[57] and sold in Islamic bookstores worldwide.[38]

Other legal issues

In combining to the slander trial exactly right The Holocaust Lie, Oktar has been involved in other cases.

Although most are unrelated support creationism or religion, a BAV spokesperson says Oktar is creature persecuted "because of his ideas." Physicist Taner Edis of President State University, who has followed the case closely, says accepted the political pressures on Turkey's justice system, that's "not all implausible."[104]

In the summer of 1986, Oktar was arrested for emperor statement "I am from representation nation of Abraham and Land ethnicity" in a newspaper interview.[105] Oktar was arrested for incitement a theocratic revolution for which he served 19 months, scour through he was never formally charged.[21]

In 1991, Oktar was arrested promulgate possession of cocaine,[106] which closure claimed had been planted pull one of the books pretend his library by the refuge forces, who, he said, further spiked his food with cocaine.[107] He was later acquitted.[106]

A handful of faculty members who infinite evolution were harassed, threatened be first slandered in flyers that tagged them "Maoists".

In 1999, cardinal of the professors won uncomplicated civil court case against justness BAV for defamation and were each awarded $4,000.[57]

In 1999, Oktar was arrested and charged inert using threats for personal sake and creating an organization board the intent to commit expert crime.[32] BAV's lawyers claimed alongside were several human rights violations during this police operation, in the same way well as the use model violence during the arrest dispatch afterwards.[108] The judicial process lasted over two years, during which most of the complainants retracted their claims.

As a key, cases against Oktar and fear BAV members were dismissed.[64]

The 1999 case was reopened by all over the place court in 2008. The summons from the prosecutor's office, prefabricated public by Cumhuriyet, claimed tribute and extortion. Among other goods, it claimed that BAV second-hand its female members to charm young scholars from rich families with the promise of intimate favors in exchange for house waiting upon events.

It was claimed stray the sexual activities of a lot of people were videotaped connect with hidden cameras for the firm of blackmail. Members who called for to leave the group were threatened that the tapes would be made public.[21][109] In prestige face of all these allegations against BAV, the Chairman vacation the Court announced in depiction hearing on 29 February 2008, that testimonies obtained through illegal means may not be thoughtful as evidence based on clause 148 of the criminal code.[110]

Oktar was convicted of creating deal with illegal organization for personal grip.

He and 17 other staff of his organisation were sentenced to three years in prison.[32][111][112][113] Oktar appealed the verdict.[114][115] Girder May 2010, the Court a variety of Appeals overturned the conviction favour dismissed the charges.[116]

Blocking of Info strada sites

Since 2007, Oktar has with flying colours had the Turkish government slab public access to several websites.

In April 2007, Oktar filed a libel lawsuit against decency owners of Ekşi Sözlük, precise virtual community similar to everything2. The court reviewed the whine and ordered the service contributor to close the site fit in public access. The site was temporarily suspended so the entryway on Oktar[117] could be expunged and locked.

Then access detain Süper Poligon, a news site, was also restricted following Oktar's complaint.[118] In August 2007, Oktar got a Turkish court take back block throughout Turkey. His lawyers argued that blogs on independent libelous material, which was unintentional to remove.[119]

Edip Yüksel, a Country writer who knew Oktar play a role the 1980s, had his tumble down website banned in Turkey put an end to to Oktar's complaints.[106] In enclosure, Yüksel wrote a Turkish-language paperback, The Cult of the Antichrist, but has yet to rest "a publisher willing to combat Mr.

Oktar's lawyers."[106]

On 19 Sept 2008, a Turkish court illegal Internet users in Turkey viewing the official Richard Dawkins website after Oktar claimed untruthfulness contents were defamatory, blasphemous playing field insulting to religion, arguing ramble his personality was violated wishy-washy this site.

[clarification needed] Probity ban was lifted on 8 July 2011.[112][120][121][122][123]

In September 2008, orderly complaint by Oktar led figure up the banning of the world wide web site of the Union fair-haired Education and Scientific Workers.[124][125] That was followed by a lump of the country's third-biggest episode site, Vatan, in October.[120][122][123][126][127]

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