Warning: This episode includes explicit sexual references from the start.

In the third episode of this four part series, a former male member of the cult threatens legal action over his interview. Also, we relive the moment the organisation was finally brought down.

In January last year, the leader of Turkey's most powerful cult was sentenced to over 1,000 years in prison. But what happened?

This podcast series will be released every Friday here on Stories of our times over four weeks.

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Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.

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