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East Turkistan

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East Turkistan: see Xinjiang Xinjiang or Sinkiang [Chinese,=new frontier], officially Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Mandarin Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu), autonomous region (1994 est. pop. 16,050,000), c.637,000 sq mi (1,650,257 sq km), NW China.
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Uighurs are Muslims native to Xinjiang, which Islamists call East Turkistan, and have cultural ties to Turkic peoples in Central Asia.
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Beijing accuses the World Uighur Congress led by Kadeer of being a front for separatists pushing for an independent East Turkistan homeland.
Row strains Australia-China ties by Aljazeera.net
The crowd gathered at Istanbul's Caglayan Square for a rally organized by Saadet (Felicity) Party to show solidarity with East Turkistan and curse the atrocity against Uighur Turks.
TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (3) by Anadolu (Eskisehir, Turkey)
 
 
 
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