Fethullah Gulen, who built a powerful Islamic movement in Turkey and beyond but spent his later years mired in accusations of orchestrating an attempted coup, has died.

The reclusive opponent of President Erdoğan had inspired a global social movement while facing accusations he plotted the failed 2016 coup.

Fethullah Gulen, di Turkish cleric wey dem accuse as di mastermind of one bloody attempted coup for 2016, don die for age 83, di Turkish foreign minister don confam. Di cleric, wey bin dey live for self-imposed exile for di US,

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

Fethullah Gülen, a U.S.-based Islamic cleric who inspired a global movement but was accused of orchestrating a failed 2016 coup in Turkey, has died in his eighties.