Turkish ‘cult leader’ Oktar sentenced to 8,658 years in prison
Al JazeeraAdnan Oktar was charged with leading a criminal gang, engaging in political and military espionage, and sexual abuse of minors, among others. An Istanbul court has sentenced a televangelist who surrounded himself with scantily clad women he called “kittens” to 8,658 years in prison in a retrial, Turkish local media reported. In January 2021, Oktar was convicted of 10 separate charges, including leading a criminal gang, engaging in political and military espionage, sexual abuse of minors, rape, blackmail and causing torment. During the retrial, Istanbul’s High Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced Oktar to 8,658 years in prison on several charges, including sexual abuse and depriving someone of their liberty, the Anadolu news agency reported. The court also sentenced 10 other suspects to 8,658 years in prison each, the agency said.
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