THE UYGHUR TURKS AND THE EASTERN TURKISTAN (XINJIANG CONFLICT): WHICH CHINA? CHINA’S GROWTH OR RED CRUELTY

Year 2019, Volume: 2 Issue: 5, 399 - 410, 31.07.2019

Ergenekon Savrun

Abstract

Uyghur Turks are one of the most important
Turkic Tribes of archaic Turkish history. The first groups whom adopted a
settlet life, urbanism, architecture, religion and etc… those who implement the
development of the culture and civilization were also Uyghur Turks. They
invented the 18 letter Uyghur Turkic Alphabet, and they have accomplished great
works in the field of art and literature. The reason of the very high level of
the literacry rate correspondingly that. In religion, they relinquished
“Gök-Tengri” belief and emraced extrinsic religion called Manichaeism during
the “Bögü Kaan” period. Then they united with Karluk Turks and founded
Karahanli State, and by choosing Islam, they brought one of the most powerful
and magnificent periods of Turkish history into Turkish history. The natural
geographical neighborhood with the Chinese pushed the Uyghur Turks and the
Chinese into a struggle from history.

The Chinese Manchu dynasty occupied the North
of East Turkistan in 1757-1759 and the South in 1760. re-named “Xin Jian” means
“The New Land” and became the 19th state of the China Empire. During the Mao
Zedong period, the Communist regime continued to oppress. 

Keywords

Uyghur Turks, Eastern Turkestan, China

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