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===East Turkistan National Freedom Center===
===East Turkistan National Freedom Center===
As head of the East Turkistan National Freedom Center, Turani organized demonstrations, conferences, and cultural events concerning the political situation of East Turkistan. In 1996, Turani led a delegation to meet with [[Tenzin Gyatso]], the 14th Dalai Lama, forging an alliance between East Turkistan and [[Tibet]] against the Chinese government. Along with the support of the [[Tibetan Independence Movement]], Turani cut one of the five stars from the national flag of China in front of the United Nations as a symbolic gesture of its current occupation. In 1997, Turani and representatives of occupied Tibet and Inner Mongolia organized an Independence Walk from the Chinese embassy in Washington D.C. to the [[United Nations]] in New York City. At the end of the two-week walk, Turani, as a representative of East Turkistan, addressed his nation's occupation in front of the United Nations headquarters. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZgH_Df7O64 UN Speech by Anwar Yusuf Turani (Part 1), April 25, 1996]</ref>
As head of the East Turkistan National Freedom Center, Turani organized demonstrations, conferences, and cultural events concerning the political situation of East Turkistan. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7-23Rm_qTc Anwar Yusuf Turani: An Uyghur-Muslim Challenge to Chinese Authority in East Turkistan]</ref> In 1996, Turani led a delegation to meet with [[Tenzin Gyatso]], the 14th Dalai Lama, forging an alliance between East Turkistan and [[Tibet]] against the Chinese government. Along with the support of the [[Tibetan Independence Movement]], Turani cut one of the five stars from the national flag of China in front of the United Nations as a symbolic gesture of its current occupation. In 1997, Turani and representatives of occupied Tibet and Inner Mongolia organized an Independence Walk from the Chinese embassy in Washington D.C. to the [[United Nations]] in New York City. At the end of the two-week walk, Turani, as a representative of East Turkistan, addressed his nation's occupation in front of the United Nations headquarters. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZgH_Df7O64 UN Speech by Anwar Yusuf Turani (Part 1), April 25, 1996]</ref>


In February,1998, Turani visited Taiwan at the invitation of the World Federation of Taiwanese Associations, along with Erkin Alptekin; Professor [[Thubtin Jigme Norbu]], elder brother of the Dalai Lama; Tashi Jamyangling, former Home Secretary of the Tibetan Government in exile; and Johnar Bache, Vice Chairman of the Southern Mongolian People's Party. They met [[Liu Sung-pan]], the President of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan; Shui-Bian Chen, the Mayor of Taipei; and Frank C.T. Hsieh, the Mayor of Kaosiung. <ref>{{cite web|last=Raman|first=B.|title=US & Terrorism in Xinjiang|url=http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/paper409|publisher=South Asia Analysis Group|accessdate=01/06/2013|date=07/24/2002}}</ref>
In February,1998, Turani visited Taiwan at the invitation of the World Federation of Taiwanese Associations, along with Erkin Alptekin; Professor [[Thubtin Jigme Norbu]], elder brother of the Dalai Lama; Tashi Jamyangling, former Home Secretary of the Tibetan Government in exile; and Johnar Bache, Vice Chairman of the Southern Mongolian People's Party. They met [[Liu Sung-pan]], the President of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan; Shui-Bian Chen, the Mayor of Taipei; and Frank C.T. Hsieh, the Mayor of Kaosiung. <ref>{{cite web|last=Raman|first=B.|title=US & Terrorism in Xinjiang|url=http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/paper409|publisher=South Asia Analysis Group|accessdate=01/06/2013|date=07/24/2002}}</ref>

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Anwar Yusuf Turani
ئەنۋەر يۈسۈپ تۇرانى
Anwar Yusuf Turani speaking at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on November 22, 2004.
Born(1962-08-03)August 3, 1962
Artux, Xinjiang, China
Organization(s)East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGIE), East Turkistan National Freedom Center (ETNFC)
TitlePrime Minister of the East Turkistan Government in Exile
MovementEast Turkistan independence movement

Anwar Yusuf Turani (Uyghur: ئەنۋەر يۈسۈپ تۇرانى) is an ethnic Uyghur nationalist. Born into a family branded counter-revolutionary, Uyghur nationalist, and separatist by the Chinese government, Turani was raised in a labor camp where he faced economic hardship and political oppression. Turani attended Kashgar Teacher's College and graduated from the Department of Physics in July of 1983. Turani came to the United States on August 12, 1988 and became the first Uyghur political asylee. As the first person to start the East Turkistan Independence Movement in the United States, Turani established the East Turkistan National Freedom Center (ETNFC) in Washington D.C. in 1995. In 2004, Turani set up the "East Turkistan Government in Exile" (ETGIE) and was elected Prime Minister.

Activism

East Turkistan National Freedom Center

As head of the East Turkistan National Freedom Center, Turani organized demonstrations, conferences, and cultural events concerning the political situation of East Turkistan. [1] In 1996, Turani led a delegation to meet with Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, forging an alliance between East Turkistan and Tibet against the Chinese government. Along with the support of the Tibetan Independence Movement, Turani cut one of the five stars from the national flag of China in front of the United Nations as a symbolic gesture of its current occupation. In 1997, Turani and representatives of occupied Tibet and Inner Mongolia organized an Independence Walk from the Chinese embassy in Washington D.C. to the United Nations in New York City. At the end of the two-week walk, Turani, as a representative of East Turkistan, addressed his nation's occupation in front of the United Nations headquarters. [2]

In February,1998, Turani visited Taiwan at the invitation of the World Federation of Taiwanese Associations, along with Erkin Alptekin; Professor Thubtin Jigme Norbu, elder brother of the Dalai Lama; Tashi Jamyangling, former Home Secretary of the Tibetan Government in exile; and Johnar Bache, Vice Chairman of the Southern Mongolian People's Party. They met Liu Sung-pan, the President of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan; Shui-Bian Chen, the Mayor of Taipei; and Frank C.T. Hsieh, the Mayor of Kaosiung. [3]

On June 4, 1999, Turani met with US President Bill Clinton in order to persuade him to back the Uyghur independence movement of Xinjiang from China.[4] Turani told Clinton that he was not afraid of starting a war of independence against China;[5][6] articles from his organization in 2008 and 2009 continue to assert a "legitimate right to wage war" against China. Turani claimed to had been funded by wealthy Uyghurs in Saudi Arabia.[7]

East Turkistan Government in Exile

On September 14, 2004, Anwar Yusuf Turani proclaimed the creation of the "East Turkistan Government in Exile" in Washington, D.C.,[8] and was elected Prime Minister.[9][10] China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Kong Quan publicly registered his displeasure, referencing such groups' terrorism in the Xinjiang region.;[11][12] In November, the United States Government declared that it "does not recognize any East Turkestan government-in-exile, nor do we provide support for any such entity".[13]

In 2007, Turani criticized the People's Republic of China for imprisoning Uyghur imam Huseyincan Celil. Turani compared Celil's arrest to that of Rebiya Kadeer and theorized that the PRC wanted the to use Celil as leverage against Canada, where Celil held citizenship.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ Anwar Yusuf Turani: An Uyghur-Muslim Challenge to Chinese Authority in East Turkistan
  2. ^ UN Speech by Anwar Yusuf Turani (Part 1), April 25, 1996
  3. ^ Raman, B. (07/24/2002). "US & Terrorism in Xinjiang". South Asia Analysis Group. Retrieved 01/06/2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  4. ^ Gladney, Dru C. (2004). Starr, S. Frederick (ed.). Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland. Armonk, New York: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute. p. 382. ISBN 0-7656-1317-4. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  5. ^ Gladney, Dru C. (2004). Dislocating China: Muslims, Minorities, and Other Subaltern Subjects. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 245. ISBN 0-226-29775-6. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  6. ^ Gladney, Dru C. (2004). Starr, S. Frederick (ed.). Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland. Armonk, New York: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute. p. 387. ISBN 0-7656-1317-4. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  7. ^ Gladney, Dru C. (2004). Starr, S. Frederick (ed.). Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland. Armonk, New York: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute. pp. 388–389. ISBN 0-7656-1317-4. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  8. ^ "The Formation of the East Turkistan Government in Exile" (Press release). PR Newswire. 2004-09-13. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  9. ^ Reed, J. Todd; Raschke, Diana (2010). The ETIM: China's Islamic militants and the global terrorist threat. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-313-36540-9. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  10. ^ Karrar, Hasan Haider (2009). The New Silk Road Diplomacy: China's Central Asian Foreign Policy since the Cold War. Vancouver, British Columbia: UBC Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-7748-1692-2. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  11. ^ "China Protests Establishment of Uighur Government-in-Exile in Washington". Voice of America. 2004-09-21. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  12. ^ "China Protests Establishment of Uighur Government-in-Exile in Washington". The Chosun Ilbo. 2004-09-22. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  13. ^ "China - No Recognition of Any East Turkestanmore Government in Exile (Taken Question)". United States Department of State. November 22, 2004.
  14. ^ Steel, Kevin (2007-05-21). "The Uyghur pawn". Western Standard. p. 2. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  15. ^ Steel, Kevin (2007-05-21). "The Uyghur pawn". Western Standard. p. 3. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
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