Levent Gültekin

An inside look at the 'glorious defeat' of Turkey's Islamists

Turkish writer Levent Gültekin embraced Islam at the age of 13 and put his heart and soul into ?the cause? for 30 years. After serving as an executive at pro-Justice and Development Party (AKP) media outlets Yeni ?afak, Star and Cine 5, Gültekin is now deeply disillusioned with political Islam. ?Under the dominion of Islamists, people?s lives have turned into hell,? he says.