They follow earlier aggressive moves by Erdogan’s administration against Gulen loyalists in the government, police and judiciary following corruption probes targeting Erdogan associates and family members in late 2013 – prosecutions the government says were orchestrated by Gulen.
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Emergency rule “must be limited to an absolutely necessary duration and then be lifted immediately”, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a statement on Thursday.
Since the coup, around 50,000 civil servants, including judges, soldiers and teachers, have been either arrested or suspended from work.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the state of emergency on Wednesday night after a coup attempt launched by a faction of the military over the weekend left more than 260 people dead and 1,500 injured.
The violence surrounding the Friday night coup attempt claimed the lives of 210 government supporters and 24 coup plotters, according to the government.
The agency said the schools are linked to cleric Fethullah Gulen, a former ally of Erdogan, who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania.
The latest restrictions come a day after the board ordered the resignation of 1,577 university deans and the education ministry revoked the licences of 21,000 teachers working in private institutions.
While Erdogan is seeking to consolidate the power of his elected government after the rebellion, his crackdown could further polarize a country that once enjoyed a reputation for relative stability in the turbulent Middle East region.
Dozens of others are still being questioned.
“The fact that so many judges have been detained, never mind the workload at the courthouses, will render them inoperable”, said Vildan Yirmibesoglu, a human rights lawyer.
The extradition demand is likely to strain U.S.-Turkey ties as the Obama administration refers the matter to the Justice Department, which will determine whether the Turkish government has established probable cause that a crime was committed.
Turkey’s deputy prime minister said dossiers containing details of Gulen’s activities have been sent to the U.S. Numan Kurtulmus would not provide details about the files but said they include the past actions of the group that Gulen leads.
Turkey’s allies, including the United States and European Union nations, have condemned the military uprising while also warning that reprisals should be measured.
Amnesty International said it was alarmed by the widening crackdown. Turkey has detained, suspended, fired or stripped the professional accreditation of around 60,000 people, according to Bloomberg calculations. The military said 104 coup plotters were killed.
Erdogan’s alleged connection between Ozturk and the Gulen movement is unlikely to be true.
Already, almost 10,000 people have been arrested while hundreds of schools have been closed.
Saban Ceylan, a taxi driver in Istanbul, said he expected his income to drop because of the state of emergency.
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“The force of the tanks could not beat the force of the people”, he said.
