On November 30, hundreds of Uyghurs protested in front of the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul, commemorating those killed in the Urumqi fire on November 24.
Urumqi fire
Around 5:30 am on Wednesday (November 30), Uyghurs in Istanbul gathered in front of the Chinese consulate in Saraçhane, Istanbul.
On November 24, after the fire broke out in an Urumqi neighborhood with the largest concentration of Uyghurs, the global media reported on the subsequent protests that the fire triggered.
Bahargul, her son, and her daughter were victims of the Nov, 24th Urumqi fire. Her last words recorded from WeChat circulated on Douyin and leaked out to the world, and broke our hearts!
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.