The Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States has officially changed its name to the Organization of Turkic States at the 8th Summit of the Turkic Council held in Istanbul last week.
According to Global Times, the name change is in line with Turkey’s geopolitical ambitions. Since the failed negotiations to join the EU, Ankara has started building diplomatic connections elsewhere, namely in the Middle East and Central Asia.

CHINA brands the World Uyghur Congress as a terror organization because the group organized a major conference in Prague last weekend.

On its website, the Chinese Embassy in Prague condemns the ‘anti-Chinese separatist activities’ of the World Uyghur Congress. The Embassy accuses The World Uyghur Congress of “fabricating slanders and lies about ‘Xinjiang'”.

Turkish Government has left thousands of Uyghurs in administrative limbo by rejecting their citizenship, dozens of Uyghurs in Turkey told Uyghur Times. According to them, their Chinese passports have expired or are about to expire. Turkey has not been willing to grant them citizenship or documents that would allow them […]