Mustafa Chokaev

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Mustafa Chokaev (1890-1941), also spelled Mustafa Chokayev, Mustafa Çokay and Mustafa Cokay, was a leader of the Kokand revolt in 1917 against the Bolsheviks that created the “Provisional Government of Autonomous Turkestan.” After the revolt was crushed Chokayev fled the country and lived in exile in Europe. During his time in exile Chokaev became one of the leading authorities on the history of Central Asia and was an ardent Turkestani nationalist. He wrote several hundred articles about the history of Turkestan and the Turkestani nationalist movement He later went on to help form the Turkestan Legion, a division of Muslims exiles and captured POWs from the Soviet Union who fought on behalf of Germany during the Second World War.

[edit] References

• Abdulvahap Kara. “Turkistan Ateshi Mustafa Chokay'in Hayati ve Mucadelesi.” (In Turkish. English Translation of Title: The Fire of Turkistan: Mustafa Chokaev's Life and Struggle) Istanbul: DA Publications, 2002.

[edit] Links

• Mustafa Chokaev: The National Movement in Central Asia at School of History, UEA, Norwich

• Mustafa Chokaev on October 1917 and Turkestan at School of History, UEA, Norwich

• Mustafa Chokaev listing at Ludi - in Russian