Uyghur Academy, an Istanbul-based educational group, announced on May 30 that it has published the five-part “Uyghur Language and Literature Textbook Series” designed for Uyghur youth in Istanbul. The group stated, “These textbooks are the first systematically produced, complete five-year textbook materials for primary school students, prepared with the efforts […]
Cultural Preservation
May 17, 2024 By Carol Kerbaugh Activist and human rights advocate Sayid Abdull MC/MPA 2024 is focused on preserving Uyghur culture through policymaking and storytelling. — Sayid Abdull MC/MPA 2024 has stories to tell—his own and countless others. A Uyghur activist and human rights advocate, Abdull will graduate from the Mid-Career Master […]
The launching event of the Uyghur Cultural Association in Dublin featured Uyghur music and poetry, with food and cakes brought along by the attendees, The Irish Times repor
On April 15, 2023, the Almaty branch of the Uyghur Ethno-Cultural Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Council of Scholars, and the Uyghur Youth Union of Kazakhstan held a virtual international conference dedicated to the 60th birthday of Nabijan Tursun, a well-known Uyghur scholar and historian.
On February 9, the Uyghur Human Rights Project published a report titled ‘The Complicity of Heritage: Cultural Heritage and Genocide in the Uyghur Region’ co-authored by Professor Rachel Harris and Professor Aziz Isa Elkun.
The hall of the Science and Culture Foundation in the Sefaköy district of Istanbul, where many Uyghurs live in Turkey, is occasionally reserved for activities for Uyghur women. In the past month, activities of different women’s groups on various topics took place there.
On December 28, Istanbul Biruni University hosted a cultural presentation event for students from various countries.
“Uyghur Civil Rights and Justice Association” and the “Relatives of Camp Victims” group organized a successful, large-scale event titled “News from Eastern Turkistan” on International Human Rights Day on December 9.
May the 5th is celebrated as Doppa Day. But what is it and how did it all get started?
A young Uyghur activist, journalist, and former political prisoner, named Tahir Imin, started the Doppa Festival in 2009. This festival was first held in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (aka East Turkistan), the hometown of the young Uyghur activist.
Le Monde, a leading French newspaper, published an editorial titled “The persecution of my people”. Rufina, a 16-year-old Uyghur girl from Uyghuristan/East Turkistan, tells about the Chinese oppression of Uyghurs in their homeland, Uyghur Times Uyghur Edition reports.