Adnan Oktar, an Islamic preacher and a prolific writer on creationism, ran his own television channel where he hosted talk shows on religious values that featured a bevy of heavily made-up women in tight clothing, dubbed “kittens’’.
He was sometimes shown dancing with the women and singing with young men, his “lions’’.
The police financial crimes unit detained 187 people last week in raids across five provinces targeting Mr Oktar and his followers.
Mr Oktar denied the charges against him, saying he lived by the law and was not a gang leader, according to his testimony to police obtained by Anadolu.
He was captured in his car, moments after having fled his villa in Cengelkoy on the Asian side of Istanbul, local media has reported.
The Istanbul prosecutor’s office has labeled Mr Oktar’s group a criminal gang and said it aimed to commit crimes including sexual abuse of children, sexual assault, money laundering, depriving people of their freedom, fraud, bribery and torture, state-run Anadolu said.
Turkish televangelist,150 followers bag Jail term on sex abuse,fraud charges
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July 19, 2018
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