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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Elis Gjevori

In Turkey, Gulen’s death marks opportunity to move on from coup attempt

Fethullah Gulen Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Al Jazeera Omer Istanbul United States
An elderly couple standing in front of a memorial with pictures of people killed during the Turkey 2016 coup attempt [Elis Gjevori/Al Jazeera]

Istanbul, Turkey – The news that Fethullah Gulen, widely believed in Turkey to be the mastermind behind the country’s 2016 coup attempt, had died had not yet reached Omer, a taxi driver heading towards Istanbul’s Fatih district.

When he heard, Omer was shocked. “It finally happened,” he exclaimed, turning up the radio.

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