Adnan Oktar

Turkish cult leader and controversial Islamic author Adnan Oktar was sentenced to more than 1,074 years in prison on Jan. 11, Demirören News Agency said.

Oktar, also known as Harun Yahya, had been tried with 235 other defendants in an Istanbul court.

The verdict and sentence came after a previous trial that began in September 2019 after Oktar was arrested in July 2018.

Istanbul's High Criminal Court No: 30 has approved the indictment against the controversial Turkish televangelist Adnan Oktar and his collaborators, judicial sources said on July 19.

Turkish prosecutors have completed the indictment against the controversial Turkish televangelist, Adnan Oktar, and his collaborators, judicial sources said on July 12.

A former disciple of Adnan Oktar has said the controversial televangelist wanted all his surgically-enhanced female followers to have certain facial and bodily features because of his earlier life experiences in front of shanty night clubs in Ankara.

Turkish officials have begun demolishing parts of the Istanbul mansion owned by Adnan Oktar, the controversial televangelist who was arrested in August with 168 of his followers. 

Adnan Oktar (C) is seen with his "kittens" in this file photo

Turkish police have reportedly seized truckloads of antique objects owned by controversial televangelist Adnan Oktar, including a "highly valuable" Torah manuscript.

Access to a total of 121 websites affiliated with the controversial televangelist Adnan Oktar and his group have been blocked on the ground that the websites act like the media organ of the organization.

The world-famous Turkish pianist and composer Fazıl Say has claimed that members of the Gülen network - which authorities refer to as the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) - in the Turkish Foreign Ministry tried to prevent his concerts from taking place abroad along with a smear campaign against him by the followers of the controversial Turkish televangelist Adnan Oktar.

The controversial Turkish televangelist Adnan Oktar, who was arrested by an Istanbul court on July 19, had ordered his physician, dubbed "Dr. Mengele," to carry out HIV tests on his favorite female followers, whom he called his "kittens."