Two students in Çorum, E. Y. and E. G. who were respectively 14 and 13 in the time of the incidents, filed a complaint on İşler, claiming that they had been molested by him, who had been the chairman of the Çorum branch of Ensar Foundation. Having been captured by the police, İşler was imprisoned by the court, facing up to 24 years for the offense of “sexual abuse”. However, he was then released by the court pending a trial.
On the report of İstanbul Institute of Forensic Medicine that proves the children suffered from mental disorders following the abuse, İşler was rearrested, facing 12 years and 6 months. Even though İşler’s attorneys objected to the verdict, the Supreme Court assented to the judgement, and İşler was taken to the L-type prison in Çorum.
Ensar Foundation also caused an outrage among the public earlier this year, due to molestation of more than 40 children in houses belonging to the Foundation and the Association of Graduates of Religious Vocational High-Schools (KAİMDER). The incident broke out when one of the children refused to go to school, and then was taken to visit a psychiatrist. The government, afterwards, imposed a broadcast ban on the news about this incident.
