A supporter wears a scarf depicting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a pro-government demonstration at Taksim square in Istanbul, Turkey, July 19, 2016. Picture taken July 19, 2016. [Photo/Agencies]

ANKARA -- The website of Wikileaks has been blocked in Turkey following its release of thousands of internal emails from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Turkey's Telecommunications Communications Board said on Wednesday that it has taken "administrative measure" on the Wikileaks site.

Around 50,000 soldiers, police, judges and teachers have been suspended or detained since the attempted coup on the weekend, and Turkey's Western allies have expressed concern over the crackdown's reach.

WikiLeaks on Tuesday released nearly 300,000 emails from the AK Party dating from 2010 to July 6 this year. Obtained before the attempted coup, the date of their publication was brought forward "in response to the government's post-coup purges", WikiLeaks said on its website.

The source of the emails was not connected to the coup plotters or to a rival political party or state, WikiLeaks said.

Founded by Julian Assange, WikiLeaks publishes leaked material, mostly from governments. In 2010, the organisation published classified US military and diplomatic documents in one of the largest information leaks in US history.