The pro-government death toll in the botched coup has been estimated at 246.
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Up to 300 people were killed in the coup attempt.
Mr Gulen denies any involvement with the coup attempt.
Binali Yildirim pledged action against supporters of Fethullah Gulen.
Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency Wednesday to help quell the turmoil that began Friday, when members of the military mobilized tanks and helicopters in an attempt to remove the president from power. It also raises questions about the effectiveness of the military, courts and other institutions being purged.
“No one said “Human rights are being lost in France or markets are collapsing”.
Turkey’s state-run news agency also reported that the education ministry was closing 626 private schools under investigation for “crimes against the constitutional order and the running of that order”.
U.S. President Barack Obama has joined his European counterparts in warning Erdogan against over-reacting, and Erdogan supporters have suggested U.S. complicity in the coup which they saw was organized by U.S. -based preacher Fethullah Gulen.
Ankara has requested Gulen’s extradition from the US.
Turkey has formally requested the extradition of an exiled Muslim cleric from the United States, the Turkish prime minister said today.
It has raised deep concerns about the stability of the strategic North Atlantic Treaty Organisation partner, which has a key air base used in the US-led fight against the Islamic State group that has a large nuclear weapons stockpile.
Turkey’s domestic situation is increasingly a concern as the crackdown widens.
The fight against coup plotters “should not be turned into a witch hunt”, Ozev said.
The travel ban on academics came a day after the higher education council, or YOK, demanded the resignation of a total of 1,577 deans at universities across the country.
In addition, 399 employees of the Ministry of Family and Social Polices were stripped of their responsibilities on Tuesday, and 257 people working at the office of the prime minister were also sacked, Anadolu reported.
Mr Gulen is the spiritual leader of the Hizmet movement, which promotes moderate Islam across dozens of countries and is dubbed a terrorist group by the Turkish Government.
On Thursday, Turkish state media said a further 32 judges and two military officers have been detained by authorities during the crackdown since last week’s coup.
The state of emergency puts the military firmly under government control, and allows for new laws that critics say could suspend civil rights.
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“He admitted that he knew about what was to take place hours before it happened”, Lendman said. “It is just 28 countries”.
