Adnan Oktar is a Turkish religious sex cult leader, creationist/anti-evolutionist, conspiracy theorist, preacher and pamphleteer who was engaged in “a massive campaign” of proselytizing” Westerners to Islam, producing dozens of vividly illustrated books in the early 2000’s.
He was born on 2 February 1956 to parents Yusuf Oktar Arslan and Mediha Oktar.
He was raised by his parents in Ankara, Turkey, where he was born.
Much is not known about Oktar’s parents.
On Nov. 17, 2022, Oktar became a major topic on several news outlets. This was after he was sentenced to 8,658 years in prison.
He was first arrested in July 2018.
On 11 January 2021, Oktar was sentenced to 1,075 years in prison, after being tried for charges including forming a criminal enterprise, financial fraud, and sexual abuse.
Together with 13 others detained in the case, their sentences amounted to 9,803 years.
But on 15 March 2022, his verdict was overturned by the Turkish Court of Appeal “due to incomplete prosecution and erroneous assessment.
He was subsequently sentenced to 8,658 years on 17 November 2022.
