Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Friday said Turkey has succeeded in eradicating all elements linked to the US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen from the military after sacking nearly half of its generals following the failed coup.

"We have cleaned out from the military the FETO elements who disguised themselves as soldiers," Yildirim said at a speech at the presidential palace in Ankara. Turkey accuses Gulen of masterminding the July 15 coup and running the Fethullah Terror Organisation (FETO), charges he denies.