Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, the Turkish foreign minister has confirmed. The cleric, who had been living in self-imposed exile in the US,

The U.S.-based Turkish political dissident Fethullah Gülen has died. He built a religious movement in his home country and later lived in self-imposed exile in the United States.

Fetullah Gulen, an exiled cleric who died in the United States, was head of a Turkish movement its followers say spreads moderate Islam and Western-style ideas. Formerly an ally of Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan,