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Adnan Oktar, also known as Harun Yahya, is seen in this file photo with two of his "kittens"

The controversial Turkish televangelist Adnan Oktar, also known as Harun Yahya, was arrested by an Istanbul court early July 19.

The Goethe Institute pays tribute to Czech filmmaker and writer Harun Farocki (1944-2014), director of more than 120 films and installations that analyzed the power of the image, with screenings of landmark works from Monday, March 27, to Wednesday, March 29.

Former Turkish international Harun Erdenay was elected the new chair of the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) at an extraordinary congress on May 27 in Ankara, beating his rival Lütfi Ar?bo?an 93 votes to 81.

FOLDED CORNER - ‘The Mahdi Wears Armani: An Analysis of the Harun Yahya Enterprise’ by Anne Ross Solberg (Södertörn University Press, 240 pages, $30)