Protests in Istanbul against China’s policies in East Turkestan

A number of demonstrators gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate General in the Turkish city of Istanbul, to protest against Beijing’s policies towards the Muslims of East Turkestan.

According to the Anadolu news agency, the demonstrators chanted slogans against the Chinese authorities and carried banners calling on Beijing to stop its practices towards the Muslim residents of East Turkestan.

In August 2018, a United Nations human rights panel reported that China was detaining about a million Muslim Uyghurs in secret camps in East Turkestan.

Since 1949, Beijing has controlled the territory of “East Turkistan”, which is the home of the Muslim Uyghur Turks, calling it Xinjiang, meaning “new frontier”.