A high-ranking Chinese official disclosed that Turkey is luring the Uyghur residents of his country’s Xinjiang province into war of insurgency in Syria, Fars News reports. “The Turkish diplomats in Southeast Asia have given Turkish ID cards to Uyghur citizens of Xinjiang province and then they ...
The Chinese authorities have been doing all they can to discourage Muslim Uighurs from fasting since Ramadan began. Free slices of watermelon were handed out in the middle of the day at Urumqi’s University of Medicine in Xinjiang, a region with a huge Muslim Uighur ...
Turkey vowed on Friday to keep its doors open to ethnic Uighur migrants fleeing persecution in China, a stance likely to exacerbate Ankara's row with Beijing over its treatment of the largely Muslim, Turkic-language speaking minority. U.S.-based Radio Free Asia reported that 173 Uighur women and ...
China has warned its citizens travelling in Turkey to be careful of anti-Beijing protests, claiming that some Chinese tourists have recently been "attacked and disturbed". The notice, posted on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on Sunday, said there had been "multiple" demonstrations in ...
ISTANBUL – Hundreds of people have marched in Istanbul to protest against China's treatment of its minority Muslim Uighur community. The group, which has cultural ties to Turkey, has complained of cultural and religious suppression under Chinese rule. The protesters on Saturday carried flags ...
China has issued travel advice to its citizens travelling to Turkey after it said several tourists were attacked in protests over the Chinese government's treatment of ethnic Uighur Muslims. Over the weekend, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Chinese consulate in Istanbul. Tourists ...