Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish dissident cleric, accused of orchestrating an abortive 2016 coup in the country, died Sunday. He was 83 years old.

Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, according to Turkish media reports. The cleric, who had been living in self-imposed exile in the US, died after being admitted to a Pennsylvania hospital, according to the reports citing groups close to Gulen.

Turkish Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, a longtime bitter rival of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who has been blamed for a deadly failed coup attempt in 2016, has died at age 83, according to Turkish officials and social media accounts linked to the cleric’s movement.