Special forces guard Istanbul after coup bid
Around 1,800 special forces police officers have arrived in Istanbul as Turkey reels from the failed coup attempt that plunged the city and the capital Ankara into a night of violence.
The state-run Anadolu news agency said the officers took up positions in critical locations and were also patrolling the city.
Istanbul police chief Mustafa Caliskan had ordered the shooting down of any helicopters flying overhead without warning, the report said.
The extra security comes as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered F-16 fighter jets to patrol Turkish airspace, according to Anadolu.
Meanwhile, Sunday marked a day of funerals for some of the victims amid arrests of scores of alleged coup supporters within the military and judiciary.
Prime minister Binali Yildirim praised the solidarity displayed among the country's rival political parties in the wake of Friday's coup bid.
Speaking to throngs of government supporters in Ankara's central Kizilay Square, he thanked the Turkish people for defeating the coup. The crowd chanted the name of Mr Erdogan in tribute to the president.
Mr Yildirim said the attempted coup showed "that no matter their political views, all parties came together arm-in-arm against the coup. They cried out together".
"This shows that when the matter at hand is the country, then everything else is incidental," he added.
In an unusual show of unity, Turkey's four main political parties released a joint declaration during an extraordinary parliamentary meeting, denouncing the coup attempt.
Tens of thousands of pro-government demonstrators held night-time rallies in cities across the country.
Anadolu, citing the office of the governor of Ankara, said 149 police members had been detained in the capital. It also reported that 70 generals and admirals, including former air force commander General Akin Ozturk, have been arrested.
Of the generals and admirals brought before court, 11 have been put under arrest so far as of Sunday night. The rest are awaiting processing.
Dogan news agency, meanwhile, said 42 police officers were dismissed from duty in the south-eastern province of Batman.
The death toll from the coup attempt stands at 294. A Turkish official said more than 190 citizens, most of them military, were killed and more than 1,400 people were wounded during the violence.
The official said the fatalities excluded "terrorists", in reference to those who acted against the government.
At last count, government officials said at least 104 conspirators were killed in the unrest.
Turkey's justice minister says his government expects Washington to extradite US-based Islamic cleric Fetullah Gulen, whom Ankara accuses of orchestrating the attempted coup.
Speaking to state-run news channel TRT Haber, Bekir Bozdag said keeping Mr Gulen "wouldn't befit the solidarity, co-operation, alliance and friendship between Turkey and the United States".
US secretary of state John Kerry said earlier that Washington might consider extradition, but required evidence proving wrongdoing.
Mr Bozdag said there was not a single person in Turkey who doubted Mr Gulen was behind the attack
He said: "Does one need evidence to prove the existence of the sun? This is just as clear a matter."
He added that Turkey would be submitting the necessary documentation, but hoped the US would extradite Mr Gulen without waiting for the paperwork.
