Anwar Yusuf Turani

Anwar Yusuf Turani

Anwar Yusuf Turani speaking at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on November 22, 2004.
Born August 3, 1962(1962-08-03)
Artush, East Turkistan (Xinjiang)
Ethnicity Uyghur
Organization East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGIE), East Turkistan National Freedom Center (ETNFC)
Title Prime Minister of the East Turkistan Government in Exile
Political movement East Turkistan independence movement

Anwar Yusuf Turani is an Uyghur East Turkistani nationalist. He is the leader of the East Turkistan National Freedom Center (ETNFC) and Prime Minister of the East Turkistan government-in-exile (ETGIE). Sibel Edmonds included an image of Anwar Yusuf Turani on her "State Secrets Privilege Gallery".[1]

As a determined freedom fighter, Anwar Yusuf Turani started the East Turkistan Independence Movement in the United States in 1995, by setting up the East Turkistan National Freedom Center (ETNFC) in Washington, D.C to educate the international community, particularly the United States government and its public about East Turkistan.

On June 4, 1999 (the tenth anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre), Turani met with US President Bill Clinton in order to persuade him to back the East Turkestan independence movement.[2] Turani told Clinton that he was not afraid of starting an East Turkistani war of independence against China.[3][4] Turani claimed to had been funded by individuals in Saudi Arabia.[5]

On September 14, 2004, Anwar Yusuf Turani proclaimed the creation of a East Turkistani government-in-exile in Washington, D.C..[6] Turani became the Prime Minister of this newly-created government-in-exile.[7][8] Chinese officials, including Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Kong Quan, criticized the US for allowing the government-in-exile to be established.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ Sibel Edmonds. "Sibel Edmonds' State Secrets Privilege Gallery". http://www.justacitizen.com/images/Gallery%20Draft2%20for%20Web.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-21. 
  2. ^ Gladney, Dru C. (2004). Starr, S. Frederick. ed. Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland. Armonk, New York: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute. p. 382. ISBN 0-7656-1317-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=GXj4a3gss8wC&pg=PA382. Retrieved 2011-12-21. 
  3. ^ Gladney, Dru C. (2004). Dislocating China: Muslims, Minorities, and Other Subaltern Subjects.. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 245. ISBN 0-226-29775-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=mzxSNM3_vCEC&pg=PA245. Retrieved 2011-12-21. 
  4. ^ Gladney, Dru C. (2004). Starr, S. Frederick. ed. Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland. Armonk, New York: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute. p. 387. ISBN 0-7656-1317-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=GXj4a3gss8wC&pg=PA387. Retrieved 2011-12-21. 
  5. ^ Gladney, Dru C. (2004). Starr, S. Frederick. ed. Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland. Armonk, New York: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute. pp. 388–389. ISBN 0-7656-1317-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=GXj4a3gss8wC&pg=PA388. Retrieved 2011-12-21. 
  6. ^ "The Formation of the East Turkistan Government in Exile" (Press release). PR Newswire. 2004-09-13. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-formation-of-the-east-turkistan-government-in-exile-72189487.html. Retrieved 2011-12-21. 
  7. ^ Reed, J. Todd; Raschke, Diana (2010). The ETIM: China's Islamic militants and the global terrorist threat. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-313-36540-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=5I2b_hrJO8sC&pg=PA34. Retrieved 2011-12-21. 
  8. ^ Karrar, Hasan Haider (2009). The New Silk Road Diplomacy: China's Central Asian Foreign Policy since the Cold War. Vancouver, British Columbia: UBC Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-7748-1692-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=VqsXa70agc0C&pg=PT116. Retrieved 2011-12-21. 
  9. ^ "China Protests Establishment of Uighur Government-in-Exile in Washington". Voice of America. 2004-09-21. http://www.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-a-2004-09-21-3-China-67507892.html. Retrieved 2011-12-21. 
  10. ^ "China Protests Establishment of Uighur Government-in-Exile in Washington". The Chosun Ilbo. 2004-09-22. http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2004/09/22/2004092261001.html. Retrieved 2011-12-21. 

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