![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/man-jailed-for-record-breaking-8600-years-over-spying-and-sex-offences/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2_Screen-Shot-2021-01-11-at-114735.jpg&description=Adnan Oktar was known for preaching creationism and conservative values as well as surrounding himself with young women in bikinis or scanty clothes who he calls his 'kittens' in TurkeyOktar told a judge he had around 1,000 'girlfriends' A 'sex cult' leader has been sentenced to a record-breaking 8,658 years in prison following a retrial in Turkey for for sexual abuse and attempted espionage. The 66-year-old is known for preaching creationism and conservative values as well as surrounding himself with young women in bikinis or scanty clothes who he calls his 'kittens'. Televangelist Adnan Oktar, who also went by the alias Harun Yahya, was jailed last year for a number of crimes including sexual abuse of minors, fraud and attempted political and military espionage. His ruling was overturned but on Wednesday the Istanbul high criminal court handed him and 13 of his associates a sentence of 8,658 years in prison each. Oktar pleaded not guilty and insisted that accusations against him for leading a sex cult were an 'urban legend'. Televangelist Adnan Oktar has been jailed However, he welcomed the final ruling, describing it as 'God's will'. According to the Hurriyet newspaper, he said: 'Islam will dominate the world. Turkey will be a beautiful country." One woman who testified in court behind closed doors said the lothario forced her to take contraceptive pills after she was raped. Nearly 70,000 contraceptive pills were found at his mansion and he insisted they were used to treat skin diseases and menstrual irregularities. At a hearing in September, Oktar told a judge he had around 1,000 'girlfriends' which he attributed to his 'overflowing of love in my heart for women'. Pictures of Oktar often included him with numerous women One woman told the courts, according to Daily Sabah newspaper, that some members would take part in a so-called 'turnike" (or turnstile) system, where new women entering the group had to have sex with men in the organisation. She said: 'They had){kind=link}
Adnan Oktar was known for preaching creationism and conservative values as well as surrounding himself with young women in bikinis or scanty clothes who he calls his ‘kittens’ in Turkey
A ‘sex cult’ leader has been sentenced to a record-breaking 8,658 years in prison following a retrial in Turkey for for sexual abuse and attempted espionage.
The 66-year-old is known for preaching creationism and conservative values as well as surrounding himself with young women in bikinis or scanty clothes who he calls his “kittens”.
Televangelist Adnan Oktar, who also went by the alias Harun Yahya, was jailed last year for a number of crimes including sexual abuse of minors, fraud and attempted political and military espionage.
His ruling was overturned but on Wednesday the Istanbul high criminal court handed him and 13 of his associates a sentence of 8,658 years in prison each.