Back عدنان أوكطار Arabic عدنان اوكطار ARZ Adnan Oktar Azerbaijani Аднан Октар Bulgarian আদনান ওকতার Bengali/Bangla Harun Yahya BS عەدنان ئۆکتار CKB Adnan Oktar Czech Adnan Oktar Danish Harun Yahya German

Adnan Oktar

Hoca
Adnan Oktar
Oktar circa 2009
Born (1956-02-02) 2 February 1956 (age 68)
Ankara, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Other namesAdnan Hoca, Harun Yahya
CitizenshipTurkey
Occupations
  • Televangelist
  • cult leader
Known for
Political partyJustice and Development Party (AK Party)[1][2][3][4]
Criminal charges24 crimes including fraud and sexual abuse
Criminal penalty8,658 years in prison
Criminal statusConvicted
Websitewww.harunyahya.com

Adnan Oktar (Turkish pronunciation: [ɑdˈnan ɔkˈtaɾ]; born 2 February 1956),[5] also known as Adnan Hoca or Harun Yahya,[6][7] is a Turkish Islamic televangelist[8] and cult leader.[9]

Between the 2000s and late 2010s, he was engaged in "a massive campaign" of proselytizing Westerners to Islam,[10] producing dozens of vividly illustrated books.[11] On 17 November 2022, he was sentenced to 8,658 years in prison for leading a criminal gang, engaging in political and military espionage, sexual abuse of minors, and other charges.[12] Prior to his arrest, Oktar established and ran two organizations: Bilim Araştırma Vakfı (BAV), which promoted creationism, and Millî Değerleri Koruma Vakfı which worked domestically on a variety of moral issues.[13]

In the West, before his arrest and trial, Oktar sent thousands of unsolicited copies of his creationist book, The Atlas of Creation,[14] to French schools and universities in January 2007,[10] and several months later to American scientists, members of Congress, science museums and schools.[15]

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

  1. ^ "Adnan Oktar... Bir gericinin AKP ile yakın ilişkileri". soL. 12 July 2018.
  2. ^ "'Bikini is Islamic veil,' Turkish televangelist Oktar tells police - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. 23 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Two pro-Adnan Oktar women held in prison despite stage 4 cancer diagnosis: report | Turkey Purge". Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  4. ^ "'AKP'ye oy verdim, şaşkınım'". Sözcü. 11 July 2018.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Syed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Numbers, Greg (2019). Negotiating Science and Religion In America: Past, Present, and Future. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. p. 169. ISBN 978-1138068537.
  7. ^ "Harun Yahya". harunyahya.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Turkish televangelist sentenced to 1,075 years for sex crimes | Turkey | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Turkish 'cult leader' Oktar sentenced to 8,658 years in prison". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  10. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference JPFAiI2011:172 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Filiu, Apocalypse in Islam , 2011: p.171-2
  12. ^ "Turkish 'cult leader' Oktar sentenced to 8,658 years in prison". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  13. ^ Songün, Sevim (27 February 2009). "Turkey evolves as creationist center". Hürriyet Daily News. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  14. ^ Yahya, Hârun; Rossini, Carl Nino; Evans, Ron; Mossman, Timothy (2006). The Atlas of Creation. Global Publishing. OCLC 86077147.
  15. ^ Dean, Cornelia (17 July 2007). "Islamic Creationist and a Book Sent Round the World". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2007.
  16. ^ "Harun Yahya - Cults and Sects". New Religious Movements. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  17. ^ Nicholas McCallum (14 November 2015). "A look at Turkey's 'feminist cult', headed by creationist, evolutionary conspiracy theorist". Yahoo7.
  18. ^ William Armstrong (2 October 2014). "The Mahdi wears Armani: The bizarre world of Adnan Oktar". Hürriyet Daily News.
  19. ^ "Adnan Hoca'ya 'cezai ehliyet' şoku". Milliyet. 8 March 2015.

Rich TVX News Network Site

Rich TVX News Network Info

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search