Adnan Oktar, nom de plume Harun Yahya (a.k.a Adnan Hoca) (born Ankara, 1956), is a prominent figure in Turkish creationism and a fervent advocate of creationism in the creation-evolution controversy. He is considered by some to be the leading Muslim advocate of creationism . He subscribes to Old Earth creationism. He is against Zionism and Freemasonry and sees them as very interrelated movements, though he denounces anti-Semitism Harun Yahya's islamdenouncesantisemitism.com site and terrorism .
Adnan founded the Science Research Foundation (SRF, or BAV in Turkish), whose stated objective is "to [establish]...peace, tranquility and love" . , though the BAV is described in the media as "a secretive Islamic sect" or a “cult-like organization, that jealously guards the secrets of its considerable wealth” TURKEY: SCIENTISTS FACE OFF AGAINST CREATIONISTS by Nicholas Birch, 5/24/07 The SRF has been accused of criminal activity , though these charges were dropped. Its accusers have, since then, appealed to a higher court.
