🇨🇳📞🇹🇷🇹🇷 — The East Turkistan Government-in-Exile (ETGE) announces that it held meetings with all major Turkish parties ahead of the Organization of Turkic States meetings in Ankara
🇹🇷 According to the ETGE, the goal of such was to push alongside Turkey's main parties the goal of denouncing Chinese policies against the Uyghur population in Xinjiang and call for the Right of Self-Determination for all Turkic peoples living in China
In Statement it said:
The East Turkistan Government-in-Exile (ETGE), ahead of the Organization of Turkic States Summit held in Ankara, held consultations with political parties in Türkiye and organizations of the Turkic world, calling for support for East Turkistan's liberation from colonialism, its right to self-determination, the restoration of its independence, and its international representation.
The delegation included members of the East Turkistan Parliament-in-Exile representing the diaspora in Türkiye, as well as Mr. Seyfullah Abdukadir, Chairman of the East Turkistan National Fund.
As part of the consultations, meetings were held with representatives from Anahtar Party, the Justice and Development Party (AKP), the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Great Unity Party, the Republican People's Party and IYI Party
Among those met were Yavuz Ağıralioğlu, Chairman of the Anahtar Party; Kürşad Zorlu, Deputy Chairman of the AK Party and Head of Relations with Turkic States; Mevlüt Karakaya, Deputy Chairman of the MHP and Member of Parliament for Ankara; Dr. Cenk Özatıcı, and Hakan Şeref Olgun, Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar, both Deputy Chairmen of the İYİ Party; Prof. Dr. Ahmet Emin Serin, Deputy Chairman of the BBP; and Sultan Selim Şimşek, BBP Provincial Chairman for Istanbul.
The delegation also visited the Organization of Turkic States for discussions and met with representatives from the Turkic World Organizations Union and the Turkic World Youth Union Congress.
To all counterparts, a one-page letter was presented that concretely outlined the ETGE's demands for diplomatic, parliamentary, and legal support, along with its white paper titled "East Turkistan Has Never Been a Part of China and the Restoration of Its Independence Is the Only Way Out."
The delegation called on Türkiye to lead international initiatives to end China's occupation of East Turkistan, its colonial domination, and the genocide it is perpetrating, and to support the restoration of East Turkistan's independence. Support was requested for the genocide criminal complaint submitted to the International Criminal Court by the ETGE and the East Turkistan National Movement, as well as the ETGE's application for liberation from colonialism at the United Nations.
The delegation further emphasized the need for the peoples of East Turkistan to be institutionally represented on multilateral platforms of the Turkic world and the Islamic world, requesting support for granting the ETGE observer status both at the Turkic States Organization (OTS) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
As part of the engagements, the ETGE awarded Friendship Medals to Yavuz Ağıralioğlu, Chairman of the Anahtar Party; Mustafa Destici, Chairman of the BBP; writer Taha Kılınç, and QHA–Crimean News Agency
The medals were given in recognition of their political support, published works, and journalistic activities that have raised public awareness of the genocide, strengthened solidarity within the Turkic world, and contributed to East Turkistan's national struggle for freedom and independence.
ETGE President Dr. Mamtimin Ala stated
"The future of East Turkistan must be determined by its own people, freed from Chinese occupation and colonial domination." "We call on Türkiye and our brother Turkic and Muslim states to transform their solidarity into resolute and sustained diplomatic steps that support our independence, our quest for international justice, and our national representation."
