Orhan Deligöz, a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP from Erzurum, Turkey, claimed that the father of Fethullah Gülen was Armenian.

Deligöz noted that Gülen’s family had moved to Erzurum from elsewhere, reported Haber7 news website of Turkey.

“They came from Iran to Bitlis [town in Turkey], after which they settled in Erzurum,” said the Turkish MP “When Fethullah Gülen wanted to get a foreign passport, he had noted his mother’s name as Rabin, which is neither a Turkish nor a Kurdish name. His mother is Jewish, whereas his father—Armenian.”

Ankara accuses Turkish Islamic theologian and preacher Fethullah Gülen—who resides in the US since 1999—and his “Fethullah Gülen Terrorist Organization (FETÖ)” of orchestrating the failed putsch in Turkey in July. And it has petitioned to the US for his extradition to Turkey.