Erdogan opened the National Security Council meeting shortly after returning to the capital Ankara for the first time since the Friday night insurrection.
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The embassy said that the process would be conducted “as usual” in full respect to fundamental rights and freedoms and the rule of law, as prescribed by law.
Erdogan also tried to assure markets and investors, saying economic reforms would continue.”There will be no liquidity problem”, he said.
According to the Turkish constitution, a state of emergency is allowed up to six months.
Gulen has denied any knowledge of the failed coup.
Erdogan’s suggestion that the death penalty could be reinstated has also sent shudders through Europe, with the European Union warning such a move would be the nail in the coffin of Turkey’s already embattled bid to join the bloc.
About 1,400 people were wounded as soldiers commandeered tanks, attack helicopters and warplanes in their bid to seize power, strafing Parliament and the intelligence headquarters and trying to seize the main airport and bridges in Istanbul.
The threat of prolonged instability in Turkey, which had not seen a violent military coup for more than three decades, has shaken investors’ confidence.
If Russia attacked the Baltic countries, Trump said he would determine whether or not to assist them only after reviewing whether those countries “have fulfilled their obligations to us”.
The Turkish government claimed the failed coup was organized by Gulen’s followers and has sent official request to the US government for his extradition.
Ankara says Gulen, who wields enormous influence in Turkey through supporters in various sectors as well as a private pre-university education network, hatched the plot to end Erdogan’s 13 years in power.
Mr. Erdogan blames Fethullah Gulen, a retired imam who lives in Pennsylvania, for the attempted coup and wants him extradited from the United States.
He lashed out at other critics, among them Egyptian leader Abdul Fatah al-Sisi, whom Erdogan called a “coup plotter” who has killed thousands.
More than 50,000 civil service employees, including police, judges and the military, have been fired since the coup, the AP reported.
Shortly after Friday’s attempted coup, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to find those responsible.
Obama “lauded the Turkish people’s resolve against this violent intervention and their commitment to democracy”, the White House said.
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The army, judiciary, security and civil service have all been targeted following Friday’s coup attempt, with 6000 military personnel arrested, more than two dozen generals awaiting trial, 9000 police officers sacked and nearly 3000 judges suspended.
