The Messiah and his Kittens (Pt 4) - The Kittens who still purr
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🗓️ 11 August 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In the final episode of this four part series, we meet those who remain loyal to Adnan Oktar and hear from a British lawyer who was at his trial.
In January last year, the leader of Turkey's most powerful cult was sentenced to over 1,000 years in prison. But what happened?
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This episode was first published on 18th, February, 2022.
Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Manvine here. Just a reminder that today's episode is the final part of the series |
| 0:07.0 | the Messiah and his kittens, which was first published earlier this year. Since then, dozens |
| 0:13.5 | of the cult supporters have been released from prison. Adnan Okta, for now, remains behind |
| 0:20.0 | bars. |
| 0:21.0 | Last time, on the Messiah and his kittens. |
| 0:27.0 | Adnan Okta sent me to another place where I was literally imprisoned. |
| 0:32.0 | It was better to recruit women because they were more useful for the organisation. Women |
| 0:36.6 | are easier to control than men. |
| 0:39.6 | I received a message from Uskan. |
| 0:43.0 | Right after we left Old House, Old was saying to us, yeah, you know, he'd use anything |
| 0:48.0 | and the interview that you want. |
| 0:50.0 | We do not allow her to publish or interviews anywhere. Our lawyers will take the necessary |
| 0:54.8 | actions about this. It will be very comprehensive. |
| 1:07.8 | Do we need to introduce ourselves? |
| 1:09.8 | That would be perfect. That was going to be my first question. |
| 1:12.8 | I'm sitting in a busy shopping mall in Istanbul. |
| 1:15.8 | This is Gulan Yeral. I'm from Istanbul and one of the defendants of the Adnan Okta case. |
| 1:21.8 | Gulan Yeral was one of Adnan Okta's kittens, who was arrested during the 2018 raids and jailed. |
| 1:27.8 | I live in Izmir right now with my family and for 17 months I was in prison and also 13 months. |
| 1:36.8 | I was home arrested with electronic cuff on my foot. I'm happy to be here and have this conversation with you. |
| 1:43.8 | Thank you. |
| 1:44.8 | With her is another one of Adnan Okta's followers. |
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