Mr Gulen denies any involvement.
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President Erdogan has said that those behind the coup attempt would pay a heavy price.
The rapid pace of arrests since the failed coup has anxious many of Turkey’s allies, who say they see the country going down an increasingly authoritarian road.
The country’s energy minister, meanwhile, lamented what he said was a lack of strong support from European nations and the United States toward Turkey’s efforts to counter the “anti-democratic” process.
Earlier this week, Turkey issued arrest warrants against 42 other journalists, of whom 16 have been detained for questioning.
Western governments and rights groups have condemned the abortive coup in which at least 246 people were killed and more than 2,000 injured.
Albayrak did not elaborate, but his comments were an apparent reference to criticism from European officials to the government clampdown that has followed the coup attempt, and perceived reluctance in the United States to extradite Gulen.
On the detention of scores of journalists, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Europe, Gauri van Gulik, said Turkey’s government “is failing to make a distinction between criminal acts and legitimate criticism”.
Bozkurt, who added he left Turkey on Tuesday after facing death threats, said he had been close to many of those now threatened with arrest.
The 11 soldiers being hunted in Marmaris were among a group of commandos who attacked a hotel where Erdogan had been staying. Seven others were detained at a police checkpoint on Monday.
“It was an assassination attempt against Erdogan and this is being taken very seriously”.
Binali Yildrim said: “The investigation is continuing”.
“The searches will continue uninterrupted until these people are found”.
Special forces police, commandos, the coast guard and the navy were all involved, Cicek said in a statement.
Erdogan has declared a state of emergency, which allows him to sign new laws without prior parliamentary approval and limit rights as he deems necessary.
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“Government officials told us that some military cadets may not be connected to the Gulen organisation, but, they said at this stage it would be impossible for them to determine who is connected and who is not”, said Al Jazeera Turk’s Didem Ozel Tumer. “His extradition to Turkey is the strongest expectation of the people of Turkey from the USA”.
