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Televangelist Adnan Oktar detained with followers
Televangelist Adnan Oktar detained with followers
Turkish police launched an operation on July 11 to detain 234 people associated with author and televangelist Adnan Oktar over accusations including forming a criminal gang, fraud, and sexual abuse, Istanbul police headquarters said. Click through for the photos...
Police launched one raid in the early hours on Oktar’s house at Çengelköy on the Asian side of Istanbul and detained him and his guards.
The house is overlooking the Bosphorus.
Police helicopters joined the raid.
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