Adnan Oktar, a notorious Turkish televangelist has been sentenced to 8,658 years for a litany of charges including: leading a criminal gang, engaging in political and military espionage, sexual abuse of minors, rape, blackmail and causing torment.
He was sentenced on Nov. 17, 2022, after a retrial.
He was initially given a jail sentence of 1,075 years but an appeal court ordered a retrial involving 215 defendants.
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Oktar, who was convicted of sexual assault and abuse of minors owned a television channel, through which he delivered his controversial religious sermons.
Oktar and hundreds of his followers were arrested in 2018 from his home on a litany of charges, including running a criminal organisation, tax offences, sexual abuse, and counter-terrorism laws.
During his arrest, Oktar told journalists that the allegations made against him were “lies” and “a game by the British deep state”, a topic he had frequently spoken about in the past.
He was originally given a jail sentence of 1,075 years but an appeal court ordered a retrial involving 215 defendants.
Folowing the retrial, he was sentenced to 8,658 years.
