Failed Coup Plot In Turkey: 6000 Arrested Might Face Death Penalty

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to "clean all state institutions of the virus" of supporters of Fethullah Gulen, whose Hizmet movement has been blamed for the coup attempt in Turkey.

About 6,000 people have been arrested in connection with the failed attempt to bring down Turkey's government.

The chief military assistant to the president, senior military commanders, rank-and-file soldiers and thousands of judges are among those rounded up in a sweeping crackdown. 

It comes as the death toll from the failed coup rose to 294 people, with more than 1,400 injured, according to the Turkish government.

"They may have tanks but we have our faith. We will not leave the squares," he said at a funeral for some of those killed in the coup. 

"I said this yesterday, the people's demand for democracy cannot be swept aside. This is your right."

 Mourners chanted "Fethullah will come and pay" and "we want the death penalty" as he spoke.

A few groups of plotters are still holding out against in Istanbul, according to a senior official speaking to Reuters.

However, he said that the government was back in control of the country and the remaining leaders of the coup were expected to be arrested shortly.

Turkey's deputy chief of mission in the UK, Cem Isik, refused to rule out the death penalty being brought back for the plotters in an interview.

This is treason, this treachery. There will be investigations into how this happened and who did it," he said.

"Everything right now points to the fact that a military group from various ranks ... loyal to the terrorists group of Fetullah Gulen.

"They will be tried and they will receive their punishment."