Turkish cleric, longtime Erdogan rival Fethullah Gulen dies in US aged 83

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Turkish Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen has died in the United States, where he lived since 1999. Gulen was a one-time ally of Turkey’s powerful leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan but they fell out badly, and Erdogan accused him of being behind an attempt to seize power in a 2016 coup.