Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday chaired a crunch security meeting for the first time since the failed coup, after a widening purge that has seen around 50,000 people either detained or sacked.
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Erdogan was in the Aegean resort of Marmaris when the coup struck.
“We already stated that we expect that the follow-up of this event [the attempted coup] should be along the worldwide rule of law standards”, European Union Commissioner Johannes Hahn said.
Gulen has denied any role and asserted Saturday that “it could be a staged coup” to allow a crackdown against his movement.
He says the extraordinary powers are necessary to protect democracy.
“It is ridiculous, irresponsible and false to suggest I had anything to do with the horrific failed coup”.
He also says the conspiracy theory that Erdogan staged the coup is “nonsensical” and compared it to conspiracy theories that the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were carried out by the USA government against its citizens.
Erdogan has blamed his arch-foe Fethullah Gulen, a moderate Turkish preacher living in the USA, for being behind the attempted power grab that left more than 300 people dead, and has demanded that Washington extradite him. He said any extradition request from Turkey, once submitted, would be evaluated under the terms of a treaty between the two countries.
But he says Turkey must provide evidence that Mr Gulen was involved in the coup attempt.
She has contacted the British embassy in the country to check whether the move is legal.
At least 208 people, including members of the security forces and civilians, were martyred in Istanbul and Ankara and almost 1,500 others wounded as they protested against the coup.
The dismissals touches every aspect of government life. He said it would be used to go after “rogue” elements within the state and that there would have been “carnage in the streets” had the military coup succeeded.
Turkish media reported that the education ministry fired 15,200 teachers across the country, while the interior ministry dismissed almost 9,000 workers.
Turkish state media said Thursday that a further 32 judges and two military officers had been detained by authorities. Footage from CCTV cameras above a major bridge in Istanbul showed soldiers shooting at a man who had his hands up as he approached tanks that were blocking traffic.
“Nothing is going to happen if I don’t take money home during three months”, Ceylan said.
The statement also said Obama told Erdogan the U.S.is ready to cooperate with Turkish institutions investigating the coup attempt. Anger at the coup plotters is shared by all the major Turkish political parties, including the Kurdish party known as the HDP.
Erdogan and Gulen are former allies whose relationship fell into a bitter feud in 2013.
Erdogan’s top target is Fethullah Gulen, an erstwhile Erdogan ally now living in self-exile in Pennsylvania. Gulen’s supporters accused Erdogan of scapegoating the cleric to grab more power.
Gulen supporters – known as Gulenists – describe the 75-year-old as a moderate Muslim cleric who champions interfaith dialogue.
The WikiLeaks website on Tuesday evening leaked 300,000 emails and thousands of documents in the wake of the failed coup.
The state telecommunications authority has also announced it has blocked access to WikiLeaks, the whistle-blowing website, after it announced the release of almost 300,000 emails from Erdogan’s party.
“We are not leaving these squares”, said Durhan Yilmiz, an Istanbul municipality worker.
Yildirim also lashed out at Europe, whose leaders have expressed concerns over the purges underway across Turkey’s key state institutions.
Erdogan, meanwhile, indicated the government was considering reinstating the death penalty, a practice abolished in 2004 as part of Turkey’s bid to join the European Union.
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“Turkey is a state run by rule of law”.
