Of those, more than 3,500 have since been released, a senior government official said.
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But the failed July 15 coup has prompted a massive clampdown.
Following a shake-up of the military on Thursday after almost half of its 358 generals were sacked, the top brass of the reshuffled armed forces met Erdogan at his presidential palace in Ankara.
In total, about 10,000 Turkish officials have been detained and another 50,000 have been suspended in less than two weeks.
Around 1,700 Turkish soldiers have been dishonourably discharged since the coup, while 40 per cent of generals and admirals have been dismissed.
They were among dozens of journalists and former newspaper staff hit with arrest warrants earlier this week under a three-month state of emergency, to the anger of rights groups.
The crackdown on journalists comes as part of a wider purge of government officials and academic leaders following the coup, which left almost 300 people dead. Thousands more have been detained, but not formally arrested. Dozens of media organizations, mostly linked to Gulen, were ordered to close Wednesday night.
Erdogan has accused the USA of harboring the coup’s alleged mastermind, Fethullah Gulen, a cleric living in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania.
The detentions were part of an investigation into the financing of Gulen’s activities in Turkey.
Turkey is a close North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ally and a vital member of the counter-ISIL coalition, said Cook, noting the US military has worked very closely with its Turkish allies for decades to counter a wide range of threats to common security.
“Some judges and prosecutors with ties to the Gulen movement have fled to Germany”. Their removal does not indicate a dovish turn, Demirtas said.
Cook reiterated a statement issued today by Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S.
He said Turkey had received intelligence that Gulen might flee to another country, so the foreign ministry was issuing “necessary warnings”.
Graphic on the latest selected numbers in the purge that has followed the coup attempt in Turkey.
Yildirim also said Turkey would shut down an air base near Ankara which served as a hub for the coup plotters as well as all military barracks used by them.
“But in a state of law. the principle of proportionality applies”, she told reporters. “This principle of proportionality must be respected under all circumstances. And my concern arises from the fact (authorities) are moving very hard and this principle of proportionality is perhaps not always at the center”.
Before the military council meeting, the prime minister and top brass visited the Ankara mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, modern Turkey’s founder, where they vowed to overcome all security threats.
Kretschmann said he has seen no evidence to back Turkey’s assertion that the Gulen movement was responsible for the coup attempt or that Islamization is taking place at schools in Germany.
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“First, civilians will be stronger in civil-military relations”. Second, the Turkish Armed Forces will be transformed into military specialists.
