An Istanbul court on Wednesday sentenced creationist guru and preacher Adnan Oktar to more than 8,600 years in prison for a range of crimes, including sexual assault.
Oktar, known as Harun Yahya, became famous with his program on an internet channel. He appeared surrounded by half-naked women, whom he called “little girls.”
According to the official Turkish news agency Anadolu, the sixty-year-old, who was arrested in July 2018, was sentenced to 8,658 years in prison for sexual assault, theft of personal data and deprivation of liberty.
Ten other defendants who were members of his organization were also sentenced to the same sentence.
Oktar was sentenced to 1,075 years in prison until his first decision was overturned by the appeals court in January 2021.
Oktar became known abroad as the “Atlas of Creation”, in which he rejected the theories of evolution.
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source: Noticias
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