The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) has strongly criticised recent political talks between China and Turkey, accusing Ankara of deepening its security cooperation with Beijing at the expense of the Uyghur and other Turkic communities.
ETGE Calls Talks ‘Latest Betrayal’
Reacting to the developments, ETGIE said in a statement posted on X that the consultations represented “the latest link in a decades-long chain of betrayal” against the Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic peoples, who it alleges are suffering under what it describes as China’s “genocide and colonial occupation” in East Turkistan.
ETGE Minister Urges Ankara to End China Cooperation
The exile government also revealed that its Foreign and Security Minister, Salih Hudayar, recently met Turkish Vice Foreign Minister Levent Gumrukcu following an event hosted by the Atlantic Council. During the meeting, Hudayar reportedly urged Ankara to become “the voice of East Turkistan” and end its security and intelligence cooperation with China, which ETGIE claims has continued since 1996.
Turkey’s Stance a ‘Grotesque Inversion of the Truth’: ETGE
In a strongly worded statement, ETGIE asserted that Turkey’s position was “a grotesque inversion of the truth.” It argued that East Turkistan is an occupied homeland of Turkic peoples and maintained that the People’s Republic of China invaded the region in the late 1940s, overthrowing the independent East Turkistan Republic and establishing what it called an unlawful colonial occupation.”This is not diplomacy. This is complicity in crime,” the statement said, alleging that Turkey’s long-standing cooperation with Beijing has facilitated the surveillance, infiltration, criminalisation, and suppression of East Turkistan’s independence movement.
Allegations of Ongoing Genocide
ETGIE further alleged that, as Turkey and China mark 55 years of diplomatic relations, millions of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples remain imprisoned, subjected to forced labour, forcibly sterilised, and separated from their families. It also claimed that China’s “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress”, enacted in March 2026, legally reinforces policies that it characterises as genocidal.
China Rejects Allegations
China has consistently rejected allegations of genocide and human rights abuses in Xinjiang, saying its policies are aimed at combating extremism, separatism, and terrorism. (ANI)(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by Asianetnews Editorial staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)