cleric, dies — reports
Media outlets in Turkey on Monday reported that US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen — who the Turkish government in Ankara blame for orchestrating a failed coup in 2016 — has died at age 83.
The Herkul website, which publishes Gulen’s sermons, said on its X account that Gulen had died on Sunday evening in a hospital after being treated for a long-term illness.
Several Turkish media outlets say Gulen died while receiving treatment in a hospital. Gulen was a Muslim cleric who the Turkish government had accused of orchestrating a failed coup in 2016.
Media outlets in Turkey on Monday reported that US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen — who the Turkish government in Ankara blame for orchestrating a failed coup in 2016 — has died at age 83.
The Herkul website, which publishes Gulen’s sermons, said on its X account that Gulen had died on Sunday evening in a hospital after being treated for a long-term illness.
