Creationist Adnan Oktar, a representative of the Science Research Foundation (BAV), is asserting mental anguish damages against the internet dictionary site naçizanebilgi.com in the amount of four thousand euro on the grounds that his person was attacked.

Following Oktar’s lawyer Melih Demir’s complaint, the Criminal Court of First Instance of Silivri had gotten a temporary junction against the site on July 1, 2008.

Banning access to the site and a suit for damages

The access to the site was banned because of the comments made under the heading related to Oktar.

Oktar’s other lawyer Kerim Kalkan demands that “the site is banned for good, internet publishing similar in content is prevented, a disclaimer is published in two national newspapers with more than 100.000 readers, and the accused is sentenced to an indemnity of 4000 euro.

The content of the site included claims against Oktar’s interest in sexual abuse, how he was able to get out of the lawsuits against him, and similar views.

He went against famous evolutionist Dawkins’ site, too

This is not the first time Oktar attacks the internet sites that do not agree with or criticize his view on various topics, mainly evolution.

The 2nd Criminal Court of Peace had banned world famous evolutionist Prof. Richard Dawkins’ internet site (richarddawkins.net) in Turkey on the grounds that Adnan Oktar’s personality was violated by the comments in this site.

The court had reached the decision to ban the site on September 3. The site was accused of containing insults against Oktar’s (known as Harun Yahya too) book titled “Atlas of Creation”.

According to Yasemin Arpa from NTV, Oktar had filed a lawsuit for the damages of mental anguish against OxfordTurkey.  professor biology and thinker Richard Dawkins in the amount of 4000 Euro.  Dawkins' book “The God Delusion” is a best-seller in

Moreover, claiming he had been insulted and slandered through an article criticizing the internet bannings from the legal perspective, which appeared in bianet.org, Adnan Oktar had threatened the site with a lawsuit if the said article was not taken off the site.

The article that Oktar thought insulting him had been written by Yaman Akdeniz, a faculty from the Law Department of the University of Leeds, and Kerem Altıparmak, a member of the Human Right Center of the Political Science Department of Ankara University, and published by bianet on October 20.

Another complaint by Adnan Oktar had led to the banning of another internet site on September 24. This time, the 2nd Civil Court of First Instance of Gebze, Istanbul had banned the internet site of the Union of Education and Scientific Workers (Eğitim-Sen), egitimsen.org.tr. The reason for the banning was the Union’s press release about Adnan Oktar’s Creation Atlas, which had been sent to the schools free of charge on February 28.

Upon Oktar’s complaints, the internet site gazetevatan.com.tr for daily Vatan and turandursun.com for the murdered writer Turan Dursun had been shut down as well. Turan Dursun’s site continue its activities from a new site: http://www.turan-dursun.com/

(EÖ/TB)