Turkish cleric blamed for failed 2016 coup dies at 83 Posted by | Jan 1, 1970 | Israel NOWlej | 0 | Fethullah Gulen, who was accused by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of orchestrating the 2016 attempted coup, passes away in the US at the age of 83. | Read More in News from Israel. Read More in Israel NOWlej.