By Tursun UyghurMay 22, 2025 ISTANBUL, TURKEY — In a major blow to China’s global Spy Network , Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has uncovered and dismantled a sophisticated Chinese espionage network operating in Turkish territory. The seven-member spy ring was caught using fake base stations—high-tech surveillance devices known as […]
Uyghur Diaspora in Turkiye
Reported by: Ihsan Shukran On September 18, 2024, at 4:00 AM, Turkish police raided a home in the Kanaria neighborhood of Istanbul’s Safa Koy district, detaining two Uyghur women: Rizwangul Abdulaziz and Munavvar Zebbullah. Rizwangul, a 27-year-old first-degree disabled woman, cannot move the lower half of her body. She is […]
Reported by Ihsan Xukran and Translated by Uyghur Times English TeamSeptember 9, 2024 In a troubling development, Turkish special police forces arrested a 31-year-old Uyghur woman, Afife, in a pre-dawn raid in the Safa Koy district of Istanbul on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Around 4 AM, officers broke down her […]
By Uyghur Times StaffAugust 31, 2024 The importance of recognizing and embracing Uyghur national identity was the central theme at the “3rd East Turkistan New Generation Youth Camp,” held from August 24th to 31st in the picturesque mountains of Bolu, Turkey. The event, a collaborative effort by the Sutuk Bughra […]
Tursun Uyghur, April 22, 2024 Aisha Yasin, a respected advocate in the Uyghur community in Turkey known for her patriotic activism and service to her people, passed away on April 15, 2024, in Istanbul at the age of 53. Born in Urumqi in 1971, Aisha Yasin began her journey as […]
“Turkish authorities have detained six individuals suspected of spying on Uyghurs in Turkey for China’s intelligence service”, Reuters reports.
By Uyghur Times StaffNovember 11, 2023 – Istanbul, Turkey A Uyghur businessman legally residing in Istanbul was detained by Turkish special operations police along with his wife and two young children, sparking widespread concern among the Uyghur diaspora in Turkey and abroad. Ilyas Ablikim, a 30-year-old entrepreneur originally from Ghulja […]
Mr. Amrullah Efandigil, one of the most senior Uyghur public figures in Turkiye and one of the Uyghurs who lived in Turkiye for a long time and engaged in political activities and public affairs, died of a heart attack.
Mr. Azat Qasim, a writer longing for Uyghurs’ independence for many years, died in Turkey on September 13, 2023, due to illness, Uyghur Times Uyghur Edition reports.
Tursunjan May 24, 2023 Uyghur groups have condemned the statement made by Turkish Interior Minister Sulayman Soylu, who said in an interview with CNN Türkiye on May 22 that the US is trying to exert control over Turkey’s domestic politics and pressure China through the Uyghurs. His remarks, reported by […]