East Turkistani

noun

A native or inhabitant of East Turkistan

Meanings

nounEast Turkistani (plural East Turkistanis)

plural East Turkistanis

  1. A native or inhabitant of East Turkistan

    The East Turkistan Government in Exile and the overwhelming majority of East Turkistanis across our global diaspora commemorated the 30th Anniversary of the Baren Revolution, also known as the Baren Uprising, or the Baren Massacre, which erupted on April 5, 1990 in East Turkistan's Akto County.

    2020 April 5, “30th Anniversary of the Baren Revolution”, in The Voice of East Turkistan, volume 1, number 3, page 17
adjectiveEast Turkistani (comparative more East Turkistani, superlative most East Turkistani)

comparative more East Turkistani · superlative most East Turkistani

  1. Of or pertaining to East Turkistan, its people and culture

    A history of the Naqshbandiyya in East Turkistan cannot claim to encompass all of East Turkistani social and religious practices; Papas cannot say much about popular Sufi dhikr or ziyārat mazār pilgrimages.

    2007 November 28, Nathan Light, “30th Anniversary of the Baren Revolution”, in The Journal of Asian Studies, volume 66, number 4, page 1154
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    In 1944, the East Turkistan Republic was again established by Kazakh and Uighur forces. They controlled the north-western Ghulja region from 1944 to 1949. However, the Republic was surrendered to the CCP in September 1949, when one of its political leaders, Burhan, pledged his allegiance to the CCP (Dillon 2010: 377). Shortly after, eight East Turkistani political leaders were to travel to Beijing to negotiate and finalize details over the territory’s position in China.

    2012, Anna Hayes, Cultures in Refuge: Seeking Sanctuary in Modern Australia, →ISBN, page https://books.google.com/books?id=WhQpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT201&lpg=PT201

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