The news disseminated in the Turkish media about the death of Turkish Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, who is accused by Ankara of plotting the coup attempt in July 2016, does not correspond to reality. A source close to the leadership of the Golden Generation organization created by Gulen in the US State of Pennsylvania told about this to TASS on Thursday.

"This information does not correspond to reality, it is a lie," the source said.

Meanwhile, the aforesaid organization did not formally respond to TASS’ question regarding the aforesaid report disseminated by the Turkish media.

Pennsylvania police have said they could not comment on this report.

The Turkish opposition news portal Oda TV had reported that Fethullah Gulen had been poisoned at his home in Pennsylvania.

On July 15, 2016, a group of soldiers and officers of the Turkish Armed Forces attempted a coup d’état. The main confrontation unfolded in Istanbul and Ankara, 250 people died, not counting the putschists, and more than 2,000 were injured. Ankara accuses the now-US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen and the FETO organization associated with him of plotting this coup attempt.