Some 6,000 members of the judiciary and military, including generals, have been detained.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to purge state bodies of the "virus" that caused the revolt.
The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has stressed the importance of democratic rule.Speaking in Brussels where he has been meeting European foreign ministers, Mr Kerry said the United States stood squarely on the side of the elected leadership in Turkey."
We will certainly support bringing perpetrators of thecoup to justice - but we also caution against a reach that goes well beyond that."
The Turkish government claims cleric Fethullah Gulen was behind the plot.Mr Gulen lives in the US and strongly denies any involvement.
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