Turkey still hunting 'more than 1,000' alleged coup plotters

More than 1,000 members of the military with links to the failed coup in Turkey are still on the run, according to the country's deputy prime minister.

Mehmet Simsek also vowed the government would "double and triple check" the Treasury and central bank for coup plotters.

Turkey has already rounded up about 50,000 people in the wake of the coup, with many of those caught up in the widening crackdown suspended from their positions and others jailed.

In comments to reporters on Thursday, Mr Simsek ruled out curfews or the use of torture during the three-month state of emergency declared by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following the failed coup.

But he reiterated the government's accusation that the Gulen Movement, which is led by US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, was behind the coup attempt.

He said that Turkey's ruling AK Party had for years given a free hand to the religious movement, but indicated that this position had changed.

"As soon as President Tayyip Erdogan saw the threat [posed by Gulen's supporters] he gave the necessary response," Mr Simsek said.

"We had thought they were doing something good for the country."

Mr Gulen denies any involvement in last Friday's abortive coup.