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Self-exiled Turkish cleric, accused of an attempted coup, dies in Pennsylvania

Fethullah Gulen, an Islamist preacher widely believed to be behind a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey, has died at age 83. He was once a powerful figure in Turkey.

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Jackie Northam is NPR's International Affairs Correspondent. She is a veteran journalist who has spent three decades reporting on conflict, geopolitics, and life across the globe - from the mountains of Afghanistan and the desert sands of Saudi Arabia, to the gritty prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and the pristine beauty of the Arctic.