NEAR HISTORY OF EASTERN TURKESTAN END UİGHUR TURKS
DOĞU TÜRKİSTAN’IN YAKIN TARİHİ VE UYGUR TÜRKLERİ

Author : Bahtiyar BAHŞİ
Number of pages : 571-578

Abstract

The East Turkestan which is densely populated by Turkish people has a significant importance for its current strategic position, underground and aboveground treasures. The East Turkestan, where the Turkish people living in the eastern part of the region made up great part of the population, is without doubt an important center for other civilizations as it has cultural background, long-established cultural values and geographic and political structure as well as being the homeland of Turkish people. For its underground and aboveground resources, throughout the history The East Turkestan geography has become target of the big countries especially China. Because of pressure and genocide of Chinese government after 1949, the East Turkestan has been devastated and the people have clashed with the Chinese state for their independence. The East Turkestan people’s economic rights have been taken away and they have been forced to work under difficult conditions. The oppressions have not been limited to this only and the people of the East Turkestan have been detained and killed on the grounds of being Muslim. This legitimate stance of The East Turkestan people maintained against the Chinese cruelty has been suppressed with bloodshed by the Chinese government and the Turks have been expected to surrender to oppression and cruelty. Unfortunately, this struggle of the East Turkestan people against the cruelties and oppressions have turned into a life struggle rather than a fight for independence.

Keywords

East Turkestan, Uighur Turks, Tyranny

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