Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed his long-running rival US based cleric Fethullah Gulen for the coup.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also said the Parliament may consider introducing the death penalty after the incident.
The airbase was closed after the attempted coup and its commander detained for his alleged involvement in the uprising.
After Turkey’s Labour Minister suggested Washington’s involvement in the coup, Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. was willing to provide assistance conducting investigation in the attempted coup, but that public insinuations or claims about any role by the USA are utterly false and harmful to our bilateral relations.
A resurgent Erdogan raised the prospect of bringing back capital punishment, which was abolished in 2004, as the country sought to improve its chances of joining the EU.
“I said this yesterday, the people’s demand for democracy can not be swept aside”.
‘There is a slight chance, there is a possibility that it could be a staged coup, ‘ Gulen told reporters through a translator in Pennsylvania, where he resides.
“There are questions that are being asked and we will ask them”, he said, when asked about Turkey’s role in fighting Islamic State forces.
“We will continue to clean the virus from all state bodies because this virus has spread”.
Some 2745 Turkish judges have also been dismissed in the wake of the coup, state media say.
The coup attempt comes as a shock to a country more familiar with tackling outside threats such as ISIS and the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. Erdogan claims Gulen is behind the attempted coup, and the US, for all extensive purposes, is harboring him.
Erdogan was elected Prime Minister in 2003.
The group behind the putsch, which called itself the Council for Peace in the Homeland, said it was necessary to stop the increasingly authoritarian president from undermining Turkish democracy.
But the 62-year-old leader successfully mobilised supporters into the streets to face down the plotters.
The botched coup, which saw warplanes fly over key government installations and tanks roll up in major cities briefly, ended hours later when loyal government forces including military and police regained control of the military and civilians took to the streets in support of Mr Erdogan.
People rally on a tank after they take over military position on the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul on July 16, 2016.
Following the coup attempt in the country on Friday, Turkish officials called on the nation to continue to protest the coup attempt in squares and streets.
People walk atop a historical wall next to Turkish flags in Istanbul on July 17, 2016.
Air force brigadier general Bekir Ercan Van was also detained at the key Incirlik air base used by United States forces for raids in Syria, along with a dozen other suspects.
Turkey has reopened the airspace around Incirlik Air Base, where it allows the American military to launch operations in the air campaign against terrorists in Syria and Iraq.
Gulen moved to the United States in 1999, before he was charged with treason in Turkey.
The U.S. has said it will look at any evidence Turkey has to offer against Gulen, and judge accordingly.
Obama has meanwhile warned Turkey there is a “vital need” for all parties to “act within the rule of law” in the aftermath of the coup. “Let’s be honest about this”, Jean-Marc Ayrault told France 3 television.
But there was no such concern from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who called Erdogan to wish for a “speedy restoration of strong constitutional order”.
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Saturday morning, a Turkish Blackhawk military helicopter landed in Alexandroupolis airport in Greece with eight passengers on board.
