East Turkestan or East Turkistan (Uyghur: شەرقىي تۈركىستان, ULY: Sherqiy Türkistan, UKY: Шәрқий Туркистан), is a loosely-defined geographical region in the northwestern part of the People's …

In East Turkistan the rule of the Chagatai khans gave way in the northeast to the Dzungar branch of the western Mongols, or Kalmyks, while the southwestern oases were ruled by the religious …

Sep 11, 2019 · Tore, elected first president of the Second East Turkestan Republic in 1944, was a liberal Muslim activist who fought against the Chinese occupation. Both men were also positioned …

May 29, 2025 · China’s occupation of East Turkistan has been ongoing for seventy-five years, but the resistance of the East Turkistani people—deeply rooted in centuries of anti-colonial …

May 29, 2025 · The Alash Autonomy was founded in September 1917 by Kazakh-educated elites who formed their own government and issued legislative orders. The Turkestan Autonomy or …

East Turkistan is the homeland of the Turkic-speaking Uyghurs and other Central Asian peoples such as Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Tatars, and Tajiks.

Population in Exile: There are over 1 million East Turkistanis (mostly Uyghurs) living in diaspora communities across the globe. The largest diaspora community is in the Central Asian Republics …

The eastern part of Turkestan was gradually conquered by the Russian Tsar in 1865, after which it became Eastern Turkistan. After the formation of the Soviet Union, in 1924, Eastern Turkistan …

May 29, 2021 · East Turkistan refers to the area surrounding the Tarim Basin and encompassing the Tianshan Mountains to its North. In contrast to West Turkistan, which accounts for the current …

For over 6,000 years, East Turkistan has been the ancestral homeland of ethnically Turkic peoples, including Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Tatars, and others. While official Chinese figures …