Uyghur Times Hakan Fidan’s recent visit to Ürümqi and Kashgar has sparked significant discussion and controversy. As Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Fidan’s trip was anticipated to be a beacon of hope for the Uyghur community, yet it appears to have fallen short in a critical moment when the world is increasingly […]
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After a 12-year pause in high-level visits from Ankara to Beijing, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visited China this week. His visit includes stops in the Uyghur cities of Urumqi and Kashgar. This visit is significant because Turkey, as a country, has historical and cultural ties with the Uyghurs, hosts one […]
Since December 31, 2022, videos of an Uzbek citizen named Muradjan visiting Yining, Urumqi, Kashgar, Yerkan, and other regions of our motherland started appearing on the Zerkalo Vostoka (Mirror of the East) YouTube channel.
May 30th, 2022 marks the 85th anniversary of the untimely death of Memtili Tewpiq, a modern Uyghur educationalist, poet, and compositor. He was burnt to his death in arson in 1937.
I mourn for this great Uyghur scholar with all due respect.