One hour after the incident, the relevant authorities in Turkey told the Uyghur Times that at 1:00 p.m. on December 27, the Turkish anti-terrorist squad raided the residence of Abdulla Abdulhamit Qarihauji, a Uyghur religious scholar and kidnapped him.
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“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.
It has been learned with great sorrow that the fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, resulted in the loss of lives and injuries. We express our condolences for this tragic occurrence and wish the injured a speedy recovery.
The Uyghur diaspora is still in shock and uncertainty after a delegation of high-level Chinese police and security officials visited their Turkish counterparts in a closed-door meeting in Turkiye.
East Turkistan Foundation in Istanbul regularly hosts “Conversation Days” about the pioneers of modern Uyghur literature. This time the topic was Poet and author Mr. Abdurrahim Otkur.
On August 25th, 2022, Saudi police arrested an Uyghur named Aziz at the Riad airport upon his arrival from Turkey. Because he does not have relatives abroad to ask for help, the information about his detention did not reach the public.
Turkey is home to the largest Uyghur diaspora in the world. The Muslim minority group, which is persecuted in China, sees the Turks as “cousins”.
In the days leading to the end of Ramadan, the Chinese Consulate in Turkey distributed Eid al-Fitr packages to Uyghurs living in Turkey, Uyghur Times Uyghur Edition reports.
A desperate Uyghur mother in Turkey is looking for his son Abduweli Jappar, a Hotan-born Uyghur who came to Turkey on September 1, 2015, but disappeared 14 days later. Jappar appears to be one of the 397 Uyghurs detained and deported to China, Abduweli Ayup writes in a recent tweet. He says he personally knows at least three other Uyghurs that have disappeared in Turkey. Jappar would be the 4th.
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) held Capacity-building training for Uyghur youth in Bursa, Turkey on March 25-27, WUC tweets. WUC provided young adults from Central Asia, Europe, and Turkey with the tools to conduct effective international advocacy.