Al Jazeera, US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused of Turkey coup attempt, dies at 83, 21 Oct 2024
“Herkul, a website which publishes Gulen’s sermons, said on its X account on Monday that Gulen had died on Sunday evening in the hospital were he was being treated.”
Elçin Poyrazlar, Politico, How Gülen’s feud with Erdoğan shaped today’s Turkey, 22 Oct 2024. Opinion/analysis: “Soner Çağaptay, from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, believes Gülen and his movement caused the most harm to Turkish democracy in 2008, when prosecutors claimed in the Ergenekon case that the Turkish deep state was plotting a coup.”
Burak Ünveren, DW.com, Turkey’s Fethullah Gulen: A cleric with political clout, 22 Oct 2024. Opinion/analysis: “Gulen never returned to Turkey, but still retained his political influence in the country. When the AKP, which also had a conservative, Islamic agenda, entered government, Gulen became so powerful that he was able to wield more influence on Turkish politics than any other external actor. For years, Erdogan and Gulen were in cahoots: Erdogan benefited from Gulen’s institutionalized social influence, while Gulen profited from Erdogan’s political power and charisma.”
