Nihat Zeybekçi, the Minister of the Economy of Turkey, made a scandalous statement with respect to the coup attempt in July.

During a talk with representatives of NGOs and businesses, Zeybekçi said the objective of this coup attempt was to divide Turkey and create two “istans,” reported the SonDakika news website of the country.

“They want to make real the map that was drawn 100 years ago,” he noted.

And when asked by a reporter what these two “istans” mean, the Turkish minister responded that they were Armenia (Ermenistan, in Turkish), and Kurdistan.