Unqualified Offerings (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
By Thoreau A Turkish creationist is offering $7.5 trillion for anybody who can produce a fossil plugging one of the gaps in the fossil record. I think that Hank Paulson could wipe out most of the national debt by walking a few blocks to the Smithsonian….
Heresy Corner (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
A couple of days ago Freethinker was having fun at the expense of fashion-conscious Turkish creationist Adnan Oktar, a man who succeeded last month in having the Richard Dawkins website blocked in his country (on the grounds that it was defamatory of Dawkins to draw attention to the "breath-taking inanity" of one of his books). Oktar is apparently offering a Dr Evil-strength prize of...
Right Mind (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
... Libertarians Moscow Media On the Right Side Out on a Limb Satire Submariners Creationist Adnan Oktar offers trillion-pound prize for fossil proof of evolution This should be a quick, easy buck, given that Darwinism is a proven fact and that intermediate fossil forms are a dime a dozen. From the :Mr Oktar, 52, who successfully campaigned for Mr Dawkins' official website to be banned...
The Freethinker (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
The Freethinker’s favourite creationist clown, Adnan Oktar (aka Harun Yahya, see here, and here, and here) has really surpassed himself this time. According to The Independent, the man who describes himself as “a prominent Turkish intellectual” has offered 10 trillion Turkish lira (that’s about £4.4 trillion or $8 trillion) to anyone who produces a [...]
Times Online (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
From The TimesSeptember 20, 2008Creationist Adnan Oktar wins ban on Richard Dawkins siteRuth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent A Muslim creationist has succeeded in having Richard Dawkins’s website banned in Turkey, after complaining that its atheist content was blasphemous. The country’s internet users are now subject to a court order imposed on Turk Telecom that prohibits them from accessing...
Pine River World News (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Pine River World News is pleased to conduct an email interview with Turkish intellectual, Mr. Adnan Oktar, about his proposed Islamic Union (IU). Mr. Oktar has written more than 250 books under the pen-name Harun Yahya and his works have been translated into numerous languages. His books enjoy wide readership throughout the world. Born in Ankara in 1956, Mr. Oktar promotes Islam...
Short Sharp Science (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Palaeontologists: this could be your lucky day. Turkish creationist Adnan Oktar has just offered ten trillion lira - a mouth-watering $7.5 trillion - to "anyone who produces a single intermediate-form fossil demonstrating evolution".In the years before I joined New Scientist...
Threads from Henry's Web (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
. . . and it’s sillier than the old ones. Adnan Oktar, who writes as Harun Yahya, is offering the prize, according to the Telegraph.co.uk (HT: Breaking Christian News, surely an interesting place to find this): Mr Oktar, 52, who successfully campaigned for Mr Dawkins’ official website to be banned in Turkey, has said he will [...]
Pharyngula (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
I just got a nice letter from the Science Research Foundation of Turkey, an organization founded by Adnan Oktar and with a name so duplicitous that our American Republicans are writhing with envy. Here's their request and my answer. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
The Black Kettle (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Thomas Lifson, AT: Earlier this year, the popular blog Little Green Footballs (LGF) made an outrageous attempt to link Discovery Institute to the Muslim creationist Harun Yahya (a.k.a. Adnan Oktar). Their post claimed, “Discovery Institute is in league with Islamist creationists, a fact that is indisputably true,” specifically referring to Yahya / Oktar. Discovery Institute's president...
Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Turkish internet users have been blocked via a court order from accessing the site of prominent British biologist Richard Dawkins after complaints from lawyers for Islamic creationist author Adnan Oktar, the website of Turkish television station NTV reported on Wednesday. A court in Istanbul ordered that Turk Telekom block access to the site and since the weekend Turkish internet users seeking...
Freeborn John (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
British MP George Galloway Turkish creationist Adnan Oktar
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Earlier this year, the popular blog Little Green Footballs (LGF) made an outrageous attempt to link Discovery Institute to the Muslim creationist Harun Yahya (a.k.a. Adnan Oktar). Their post claimed, “Discovery Institute is in league with Islamist creationists, a fact that is indisputably true,” specifically referring to Yahya / Oktar. Discovery Institute's president Bruce Chapman dignified...
Barnhard (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
Adnan Oktar complained that Mr Dawkins, a fierce critic of creationism and intelligent design, had insulted him in comments made on forums and blogs. Istanbul’s second criminal court of peace has now forbidden internet users to access the site because it “violated” Mr Oktar. Mr Oktar’s press assistant, Seda Aral, said: “We are not against freedom of [...]
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
ISTANBUL - A controversial creationist has offered a multitrillion-dollar challenge to scientists. Adnan Oktar's "call to all evolutionists" promises "10 trillion Turkish lira to anyone who produces a single intermediate-form fossil...
