The teachers were formerly employed at schools allegedly linked to the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.
NBA star Enes Kanter lashed out at Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan on Twitter.
Recep Erdogan’s crackdown on the Gulen movement could change the face of Turkey
Turkish authorities have suspended or detained around 50,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and teachers since the coup attempt, according to the latest Reuters tally on Wednesday.
The Turkish government said followers of Gulen, who has been living in self-imposed exile in the United States for years, were behind the attempted coup by a faction of the military on Friday.