Aqsaray

alternative Aksarāy

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Aksaray (city in Turkey)

1. A township in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

   The Communist Party secretary of the village of Aqsaray in the Qaraqash region near Hotan was ordered to target 40% of the population of the village as potential unreliable elements in need of re-education.

   2021, Michael Dillon, China in the Age of Xi Jinping, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, →OCLC

   3 more examples

   The first example is by a poet called Ablimit Sämät, who composed these verses about his native village Aqsaray near Khotän in south-west Xinjiang, one of the least developed parts of the Autonomous Region.

   2007, Ildikó Bellér-Hann, editor, Situating the Uyghurs Between China and Central Asia, Ashgate, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 90

   A Uyghur auxiliary officer in Aqsaray township, in Hotan’s Karakash (Moyu) county, said the local government had been recruiting security personnel since last year, with the only requirement for applicants being that no one within three generations of their family had been involved in “political problems.”

   2017 April 18, “HAN CHINESE OFFERED TRIPLE SALARY OF UYGHURS IN XINJIANG POLICE RECRUITMENT DRIVE”, in World Uyghur Congress; Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2020, Uyghur Related News

   When asked about whether a target percentage of re-education arrests had been ordered by authorities, an official from No. 1 Village, in Qaraqash’s Aqsaray township, confirmed the directive, but referred RFA to the local Communist Party secretary—who had recently been admitted to the hospital and was unreachable—for the exact number.

   2017 October 9, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Nearly Half of Uyghurs in Xinjiang’s Hotan Targeted For Re-Education Camps”, in Alim Seytoff, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2018

   Synonyms: Akesalayi, A-k'o-sa-la-i