Anwar Yusuf Turani

Anwar Yusuf Turani
ئەنۋەر يۈسۈپ تۇرانى
Анвар Йусуф Турани
Turani in 2021
Prime Minister of the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile
In office
14 September 2004 – 2006
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDamiyan Rehmet
Personal details
Born (1962-08-03) August 3, 1962 (age 62)
Artux, Xinjiang, China
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActivist, musician, teacher
Known forfounding the East Turkistan National Freedom Center and East Turkistan Government in Exile
Websitehttps://etnfc.us/ and https://eastturkistangovernmentinexile.us
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Anwar Yusuf Turani (Uyghur: ئەنۋەر يۈسۈپ تۇرانى, Анвар Йусуф Турани) is a self proclaimed ethnic Uyghur nationalist and separatist leader. Born into a family branded counter-revolutionary by the Chinese government, Turani was raised in a labor camp where he faced economic hardship and political oppression. He attended Kashgar Teacher's College and graduated from the Department of Physics in July 1983. Turani came to the United States on August 12, 1988 and became the first Uyghur political asylee.[3] In 1995, he established the East Turkistan National Freedom Center (ETNFC), a non-profit human rights organization based in Washington, D.C.[4] He is the first person to start the East Turkistan independence movement in the United States.[5] Having spearheaded the formation of the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) on September 14, 2004 in Washington, D.C., Turani went on to become the first Prime Minister of the entity.[6]

  1. ^ "My Beloved Family Members". Facebook.
  2. ^ "Challenge To the Chinese Authority in East Turkistan". YouTube. January 10, 2009.
  3. ^ "Statement Concerning Turan's activism in the United States including his formation of East Turkistan National Freedom Center" (PDF).
  4. ^ ETNFC. "Statement Concerning Turan's formation of East Turkistan National Freedom Center". East Turkistan National Freedom Center. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  5. ^ "Statement Concerning Turan's role in East Turkistan Independence Movement".
  6. ^ Ramirez, Luis (January 17, 2012). "English: Report by Luis Ramirez, from Voice of America, indicating China's opposition towards the formation of the East Turkistan Government in Exile and Mr. Turanis's role in the formation of the government in exile of East Turkistan 09/22/2004" – via Wikimedia Commons.