  The multi-scale interaction of self-consistently driven magnetic islands with
electromagnetic turbulence is studied within the three dimensional, toroidal
gyro-kinetic framework. It can be seen that, even in the presence of
electromagnetic turbulence the linear structure of the mode is retained.
Turbulent fluctuations do not destroy the growing island early in its
development, which then maintains a coherent form as it grows.
  The island is seeded by the electromagnetic turbulence fluctuations, which
provide an initial island structure through nonlinear interactions and which
grows at a rate significantly faster than the linear tearing growth rate. These
island structures saturate at a width that is approximately $\rho_{i}$ in size.
In the presence of turbulence the island then grows at the linear rate even
though the island is significantly wider than the resonant layer width, a
regime where the island is expected to grow at a significantly reduced
non-linear rate.
  A large degree of stochastisation around the separatrix, and an almost
complete break down of the X-point is seen. This significantly reduces the
effective island width.
