Tag: China
When Nursimangul Abdureshid and her older sister Nurimangul left their native Kasghar (in Chinese, Kashi) prefecture, in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), to study in Turkey in 2013 and 2014, they expected that ...
China and Turkey were the world’s most prolific jailers of journalists in 2019, according to a special report released by the press freedom watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists this week. The report, described as “a snapshot of ...
Ethnic cleansing of Uighurs in China has forced an exodus to Istanbul—and a desperate effort to keep their culture alive. BY SIMINA MISTREANU PHOTOS BY ROXI POP FOR FOREIGN POLICY ISTANBUL—On a Sunday morning in April, ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is betting big on China. By Ilan Berman For over a year now, Turkey has lurched toward full blown economic crisis, propelled by a major devaluation of the national currency and ballooning ...
Thanks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s harsh rhetoric, the increased pressure on Uyghur minorities in China has gained international awareness. The Turkish government portrays itself as the protector of Sunnis abroad, including the ...
(MENAFN – Asia Times) The expulsion of Turkey from the F-35 program could lead to closer relations for the NATO ally with China, a move likely to have far-reaching implications in the Middle East, Breaking Defense ...
By Patrick Goodenough (CNSNews.com) – China in June transferred $1 billion to Turkey to boost its foreign reserves at a time when Turkey’s troubled economy was facing additional pressures over a controversial local election rerun in Istanbul, Bloomberg ...
An estimated one million mostly Muslim minorities are thought to be held in internment camps in China’s Xinjiang region AFP – A Chinese Muslim refugee has told AFP he is terrified he may be sent ...
(Bloomberg) — China’s central bank transferred $1 billion worth of funds to Turkey in June, Beijing’s biggest support package ever for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered at a critical time in an election month. The ...
Sam Brownback is a lawyer, former United States Senator and former governor of the state of Kansas who has served as the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom since February 2018. He spoke with RFA ...