US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who built a powerful Islamic movement in Turkey and beyond but spent his final years mired in accusations of orchestrating a coup attempt against Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan, has died. He was 83 years old. Gulen was a former ally of Erdogan, but they fell out spectacularly, with Erdogan holding him responsible for the 2016 coup attempt in which rebel soldiers seized fighter jets, tanks and helicopters. Some 250 people died in the attempt to seize power.
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