The reconciliation process between Israel and Turkey will continue despite the move to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.

The attempted Turkish military coup, which began on Friday afternoon, had already begun to fall apart by Saturday when thousands took to the streets to support President Erdogan. By Sunday it was clear that the plot had failed.

"It is our assumption that the [reconciliation] process will continue regardless of the dramatic events in Turkey over the weekend," Mr Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting on Sunday.

The deal to normalise ties between Israel and Turkey, which broke down in 2010 when nine Turkish civilians were killed during a raid by Israeli commandos on the Mavi Marmara flotilla to Gaza, was signed last month.

The Turkish government dismissed five generals and 29 colonels, and arrested over 1,500 members of the army in connection with the attempted coup.

Over 160 people were killed in clashes across Turkey on Friday night. A new army chief was also appointed after the previous one was released from rebel captivity.

Explosions and gunfire were heard in Ankara, Istanbul and elsewhere overnight and thousands of Turks heeded President Erdogan's call to rise up against the coup-plotters.

It is not clear who is behind the coup.

Mr Erdogan pointed to a "parallel structure", in a clear reference to Fethullah Gulen, a powerful but reclusive US-based Muslim cleric he accuses of stirring up unrest.