Fethullah Gulen, Turkish cleric once blamed for failed coup attempt, dies at 83

  Turkish Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, a longtime bitter rival of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who was blamed for a deadly failed coup attempt in 2016, has died at age 83, according to Turkish officials and a media outlet linked to the cleric’s movement. The death of the US-based cleric was announced by Herkul Nagme, a

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