European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Gunther Oettinger | Eric Piermont/AFP via Getty Images Günther Oettinger: No visa waiver for Turkey this year ‘Erdoğan has to make concessions to us regarding the respect of the rule of law, and it doesn’t look like it is happening now,’ the digital commissioner told German media.

European Commissioner Günther Oettinger has ruled out visa-free travel to Europe for Turks this year, after Friday's failed coup prompted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to launch a purge in the administration, the army, the police and the judiciary, German media report.

"Erdoğan has to make concessions to us regarding the respect of the rule of law, and it doesn't look like it is happening now," Oettinger, the EU's commissioner for the digital economy and society, told Funke Mediengruppe. "It is not possible to strip MPs of their immunity to bully them. It is not possible to intimidate journalists. And it is not possible to withdraw thousands of unwanted judges from service."

The Turkish government announced it had either arrested or suspended as many as 9,000 interior ministry officials, thousands of judges, military personnel and prosecutors, 77 regional governors, and 8,000 police after Friday's failed attempt to overthrow the government.

Erdoğan called the coup "a gift from God" that will allow him to "cleanse" the Turkish army.

EU countries agreed to grant visa-free travel for Turkish citizens as early as this summer in exchange for the country's help in reducing the flow of refugees into Europe. But Turkey failed to meet all of the EU’s conditions in June.