Rights and freedoms in the country may also be limited or suspended if the government decides to do so, the news agency explained. He called Gulen “a traitor to his country” who “through his network of henchmen was able to instruct and encourage a military coup”.
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Turkey’s media regulation body on Tuesday also revoked the licences of 24 radio and TV channels accused of links to Gulen.
The purges have also prompted anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks to bring forward the release some 300,000 emails related to Erdogan’s AKP party.
Additionally, Turkish State Media says 626 private schools and other establishments will be closed down.
There are around 360 generals in Turkey, and so far, 99 have been charged in connection with the failed coup.
Ninety-nine generals have been charged in connection with the coup, which the government claims was masterminded by U.S. based cleric Fethullah Gulen. Gülen has denied any involvement.
Following the meeting, the Council of Ministers is expected to gather.
“A person of this kind can easily be extradited on grounds of suspicion”, said the spokesperson, Ibrahim Kalin.
Unlike some other coups in Turkish history, this coup attempt was violent, messy and divided.
In the uproar following the attempted military coup in Turkey, relations between Washington and Ankara, already badly strained, appear to be headed for new difficulty.
The Turkish government has previously banned access to websites deemed to be carrying material critical of Turkey, including YouTube and Twitter.
As President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in recent days consolidated power after being almost ousted in a coup, the internet has emerged as one of his primary weapons against political foes real and imagined.
The Board of Higher Education issued the directive on Wednesday.
A further 14 generals remain in detention following the abortive putsch.
The measure comes amid a purge of military and state officials following Friday’s failed attempt to wrest control of the government from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Many Erdogan supporters believe that the failed coup is just a prelude to what is to come while anti-Erdogan critics believe he staged the coup to increase his own power.
Turkey had in 2002 lifted its last state of emergency, which had been imposed in provinces in the southeast for the fight against Kurdish militants in 1987.
F-16 jets pounded targets belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Iraq’s Hakurk region, the Anadolu agency reported.
On July 15, a small military junta linked to the Gülenist Terror Organization (FETÖ) attempted to topple the democratically elected government in Turkey and bring martial law.
In addition, tens of thousands of civil service employees, including teachers and police, have also been fired, accused of ties to the plot or suspected of links to a USA -based cleric whom authorities accuse of being the behind the plot.
Turkey hasn’t executed anyone since 1984, and capital punishment was legally abolished in 2004 as part of Turkey’s bid to join the European Union.
Earlier Wednesday US Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by allied foreign ministers, said that while “we condemn this coup”, it was important that the response to it “fully respects that democracy that we are supporting”. 246 people, consisting of mostly civilians, have been killed by pro-coup soldiers, while over 1,500 people were injured.
Turkey submitted a dossier of documents about Gulen, who lives in exile in Pennsylvania, to the Justice Department on Tuesday.
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The U.S. -Turkey extradition treaty went into force in 1981 and covers offenses punishable in both countries by more than a year in prison.
