Adnan Oktar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Adnan Oktar

Turkish author

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1956

Place of Birth: Ankara, Turkey

Profession: writer, politician, theologian, interior designer

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Adnan Oktar (born 2 February 1956), also known as Harun Yahya, is a Turkish religious cult leader as well as an Islamic creationist.
In 2007, he sent thousands of unsolicited copies of his book, The Atlas of Creation, which advocates Islamic creationism, to American scientists, members of Congress, and science museums.
Oktar runs two organizations of which he is also the Honorary President: Bilim Arastirma Vakfi (BAV, literally, "Science Research Foundation", established 1990), which promotes creationism and Milli Degerleri Koruma Vakfi (literally, "National Values Preservation Foundation", established 1995) which works domestically on a variety of moral issues.In more recent years, Adnan Oktar has performed televangelism on his TV channel, A9 TV, which featured 'kittens', his female devotees.
His organization is commonly referred to as a cult, and he has been described by VICE magazine as the "most notorious cult leader in Turkey." Oktar filed more than 5,000 lawsuits against individuals for defamation from 2005 to 2015, which led to the blocking of a number of prominent websites in Turkey. On 11 July 2018, Oktar and over 160 of his associates were detained and later arrested on charges including forming a criminal enterprise, financial fraud and sexual abuse.
On 19 July 2019, his indictment was approved, with the first hearing scheduled for 17 September.