Fethullah Gülen, a reclusive U.S.-based Islamic cleric, has died. Gülen inspired a global social movement while facing accusations he masterminded a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey.

Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused by the Erdogan administration of orchestrating the July 2016 attempted coup in Turkey, has died aged 83. The preacher, who had long lived in self-imposed exile in the US,

The reclusive cleric denied orchestrating the short-lived insurrection against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that brought tanks onto the streets.