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Men and women who survived living under the rule of a Turkish televangelist-turned- cult leader have opened up about the abuse they suffered - often for years - before he was finally arrested. 

In January, Adnan Oktar was jailed for 1,045 years in Turkey for a series of charges including rape, child abuse, espionage and blackmail. The 64-year-old denied all of the charges, and is expected to appeal.
 
At the height of his notoriety, the conservative Islamic preacher frequently broadcast his sermons surrounded by scantily-clad women.

Speaking to the Sunday Times, several of the women who lived with him, whom he called 'kittens', and some of the men who were under his rule, known as his 'lions', have now opened up about the terrible abuse he put them through.