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In , Turkey issued arrest warrants for Yahya and his followers. On January 11, , Yahya was reportedly sentenced to 1, years in jail for his religious cult whose members have been accused of committing sexual crimes, blackmail, money laundering and espionage. Even a numpty such as Yahya can sometimes be right. Nominations and campaigning for the RationalWiki Moderator Election is underway and will end on November Jump to: navigation , search.

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Adnan Oktar was detained in along with more than other suspects in his group. Adnan Oktar during his arrest in He told the judge he had close to 1, girlfriends.

Topics Turkey Religion Television news. Reuse this content. The total number of books and brochures published by Oktar number in the hundreds. In addition to the slander trial over The Holocaust Lie , Oktar has been involved in other cases. Although most are unrelated to creationism or religion, a BAV spokesperson says Oktar is being persecuted "because of his ideas.

In the summer of , Oktar was arrested for his statement "I am from the nation of Abraham and Turkish ethnicity" in a newspaper interview.

In , Oktar was arrested for possession of cocaine , [88] which he claimed had been planted in one of the books in his library by the security forces, who, he said, also spiked his food with cocaine. A number of faculty members who taught evolution were harassed, threatened and slandered in flyers that labeled them " Maoists ".

In , Oktar was arrested and charged with using threats for personal benefit and creating an organization with the intent to commit a crime.

As a result, cases against Oktar and other BAV members were dismissed. The case was reopened by another court in The indictment from the prosecutor's office, made public by Cumhuriyet , claimed blackmail and extortion. Among other things, it claimed that BAV used its female members to attract young scholars from rich families with the promise of sexual favors in exchange for attending events. It was claimed that the sexual activities of thousands of people were videotaped with hidden cameras for the purpose of blackmail.

Members who wanted to leave the group were threatened that the tapes would be made public. Oktar was convicted of creating an illegal organization for personal gain. He and 17 other members of his organisation were sentenced to three years in prison. Since Oktar has successfully had the Turkish government block public access to several websites. The court reviewed the complaint and ordered the service provider to close the site to public access.

The site was temporarily suspended so the entry on Oktar [99] could be expunged and locked. His lawyers argued that blogs on WordPress. Edip Yuksel, a Turkish writer who knew Oktar in the s, had his own website banned in Turkey due to Oktar's complaints.

Oktar's lawyers. On 19 September , a Turkish court banned Internet users in Turkey from viewing the official Richard Dawkins website after Oktar claimed its contents were defamatory, blasphemous and insulting to religion, arguing that his personality was violated by this site. In September , a complaint by Oktar led to the banning of the internet site of the Union of Education and Scientific Workers.

On 21 March , Oktar started television broadcasting on A9 satellite channel where his interviews and night lectures are broadcast live. Anonymous Not logged in Create account Log in. Hand W iki. From HandWiki. Namespaces Biography Discussion.

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