Self-exiled Turkish spiritual leader Fethullah Gulen dies in US

Fethullah Gulen denied any involvement in the coup (AP)

Fethullah Gulen, a reclusive US-based Islamic cleric who inspired a global social movement while facing accusations he masterminded a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey, has died, officials said.

Abdullah Bozkurt, the former editor of the Gulen-linked Today’s Zaman newspaper, who is now in exile in Sweden, said Mr Gulen’s nephew, Kemal Gulen, confirmed the death.