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US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, branded a terrorist by Ankara, has reportedly died in hospital<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, who was accused by Ankara of masterminding the 2016 coup attempt in his homeland, has reportedly died in the US.<\/p>\n

The Pennsylvania-based Islamic scholar died in hospital on Sunday evening after a lengthy illness, the Herkul news website, which is associated with his movement, reported. Gulen was 83 years old.<\/p>\n

In July 2016, a faction of the Turkish military attempted to depose the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, using combat aircraft and other heavy weapons to seize control of key locations in the country. Around 300 people were killed in the violence.<\/p>\n

Following the attempted coup, the Turkish government relentlessly purged suspected Gulen loyalists, with thousands of people facing criminal charges. Ankara also designated Gulen\u2019s Hizmet movement as the \u2018Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETO)\u2019.<\/p>\n

The cleric moved to the US in 1999 for medical treatment but subsequently remained. Turkish officials have accused him of building a network of supporters who infiltrated various parts of the government in his homeland, particularly the judiciary. The US has rejected multiple Turkish requests to extradite Gulen.<\/p>\n

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During Erdogan\u2019s rise to power in the 1980s, he and Gulen were considered political allies. However, their relations sourced after 2013, when the preacher vocally criticized Ankara\u2019s handling of mass demonstrations known as the Gezi Park protests. The deadly disturbance lasted for over two months and was opposed to a number of government policies, which protesters claimed were dragging the country away from secularism and towards Islamism.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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