“AS THE GENERATION OF OUR BRAVE ANCESTORS WHO LIVED FREE AND SOVEREIGN NATION THROUGHOUT HISTORY, WE NEVER REST UNTIL WE LIBERATE OUR BELOVED HOMELAND FROM THE CHINESE OCCUPATION AND RE-JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS A FREE AND SOVEREIGN NATION.”
| ANWAR YUSUF TURANI |
THE FOUNDER OF THE GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE OF THE REPUBLIC OF EAST TURKISTAN
WHO IS ANWAR YUSUF TURANI?
Anwar Yusuf Turani is a Uyghur freedom fighter who was born on August 3, 1962 in Artush prefecture of East Turkistan, the birthplace of Satuq Bughra Khan, the first Muslim ruler of Kara-Khanid Khanate which ruled Central Asia between 840-1212. Also known as “Xinjiang” which means “New Dominion” in Chinese, Turani’s homeland has been under the occupation of Communist China since 1949. After China consolidated its power in the territory, it confiscated the land and all types of private properties of the people of East Turkistan under the pretext of land reform by destroying original documents about the seized land and properties and publicly executing thousands of landlords throughout the region. Click here to read more about the backgrounf of Mr. Turani.
Turani's Challenge Against the Chinese Authority for the Plight of His Homeland East Turkistan
As the first Uyghur asylee from occupied East Turkistan under the rule of Communist China, Anwar Yusuf Turani is the one who started East Turkistan independence movement in the Unites States as soon as he secured his sanctuary in the U.S. by sharing the culture and music of the Uyghur people of his homeland with American public by organizing many awareness days about East Turkistan and its people while he was studying English at American Language Academy in Berkeley, California. Please, click here to learn more about the activism of Mr. Turani.
