Episode 5 of our documentary series about Fethullah Gulen charts the political rise and fall of Turkey’s most famous preacher and Turkey’s military coup. Turkish President Recep Erdogan blames Gulen for masterminding the attempted military coup of 2016. In the post-coup crackdown, the spiritual leader’s Hizmet network in Turkey was dismantled, and 150,000 followers were arrested.
Turkey’s Military Coup