Leadership Training Program for Uyghur Youth held in Ankara

Leadership Training Program for Uyghur Youth held in Ankara

At the Uyghur Youth Leadership Training held in Ankara, young participants received instruction on preserving Uyghur culture and language, developing leadership skills, and creatin ...

“Conference on Preserving Uyghur Identity – in the Midst of the Uyghur Genocide” held in Ankara

“Conference on Preserving Uyghur Identity – in the Midst of the Uyghur Genocide” held in Ankara

Ankara hosted the “Conference on Preserving Uyghur Identity – in the Midst of the Uyghur Genocide” on September 18, 2025, organized by the Uyghur Academy. The gathering brought tog ...

Panel on “The Uyghur Issue in Today’s Conjuncture” held in Ankara

Panel on “The Uyghur Issue in Today’s Conjuncture” held in Ankara

ANKARA – September 17, 2025 – A panel titled “The Uyghur Issue in Today’s Conjuncture” was held at the Ankara City Council Hall in cooperation with the Ankara City Council and the ...

9-Day Training Program for Uyghur Youth Concludes Successfully in Istanbul

9-Day Training Program for Uyghur Youth Concludes Successfully in Istanbul

The 9-day training program titled “International Conjuncture and National Struggle Methods” concluded successfully in Selimpaşa, Istanbul on August 31, 2024. The program was jointl ...

Training course on “International Conjuncture and National Struggle Methods” begins in Istanbul

Training course on “International Conjuncture and National Struggle Methods” begins in Istanbul

Uyghur youth gathered in Istanbul for a 9-day training on “International Conjuncture and National Struggle Methods,” organized by the Uyghur Academy. A nine-day training course tit ...

Training Program on “International Conjuncture and Uyghur National Struggle” Held in Istanbul

Training Program on “International Conjuncture and Uyghur National Struggle” Held in Istanbul

The training program titled “International Conjuncture and Uyghur National Struggle” was held in Istanbul, where Uyghur youth attended two days of sessions focused on national stru ...

Uyghur delegation meets with Turkish political leaders

Uyghur delegation meets with Turkish political leaders

A delegation from the Platform of Uyghur Organizations in Turkey held a series of meetings with political party leaders and members of parliament to draw attention to the ongoing U ...

Panel on “The Barin Massacre and the East Turkistan Issue” held in Ankara

Panel on “The Barin Massacre and the East Turkistan Issue” held in Ankara

On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Barin Massacre, a panel titled “April 5, 1990 Barin Massacre and the East Turkistan Issue” was held in Ankara. Hosted by the Avaz Cen ...

Victims of the Barin Resistance remembered in a memorial event held in Istanbul

Victims of the Barin Resistance remembered in a memorial event held in Istanbul

The Platform of Uyghur Organizations in Turkey held a memorial event in Istanbul to honor the victims of the Barin resistance. The event drew a large crowd and emphasized the impor ...

Turkiye Uyghur NGO Platform Held a Memorial Meeting in Ankara for the 28th Anniversary of the Ghulja Massacre

Turkiye Uyghur NGO Platform Held a Memorial Meeting in Ankara for the 28th Anniversary of the Ghulja Massacre

On Wednesday, February 5th at 2:00 PM, seven Uyghur NGOs operating collaboratively in Turkiye - World Uyghur Congress Foundation, Uyghur Academy Foundation, East Turkistan Federati ...

Fourth Session of ‘International Conjuncture and National Struggle Methods’ Training Program Held in Istanbul

Fourth Session of ‘International Conjuncture and National Struggle Methods’ Training Program Held in Istanbul

The fourth session of the long-term training program, “International Conjuncture and Methods of National Struggle,” organized by the Uyghur Academy to train young Uyghur leaders fo ...

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The jailed folk singer at the front line of the Uighur struggle

AlJazeera Abdurehim Heyit unites Uighurs, intimidates China and makes the world pay attention to our plight only with his music. Last August, a United Nations anti-discrimination panel shocked the world by reporting that up to one million members of the Uighur community - a Muslim, Turkic-speaking minority in China - were forced into internment camps in the country's western Xinjiang region. The revelation ...

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Dr. Rishat Abbas

Brief Biography of Dr. Rishat Abbas Dr. Rishat Abbas is a pharmaceutical scientist and clinical research leader with over 28 years of research and development experience. He received his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Ohio State University, USA, in 1994. Dr. Abbas provided clinical leadership for research and development of 10 innovative new medicines across multiple therapeutic areas. He has a dem ...

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U.S. lawmakers nominate jailed Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti for Nobel Peace Prize

Japan Times WASHINGTON - U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle have nominated jailed Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti — sentenced to life in prison for “separatism” — for the Nobel Peace Prize. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, both signed the nomination letter earlier this week, which came from the bipartisan Congressional-Executive ...

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Uighur scientist lands on Time Magazine’s ‘most influential’ list

UyghurTimes Time Magazine named Shoukhrat Mitalipov, who directs the OHSU Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy, as one of the 50 most influential people in health care for 2018. Time ,an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City,cited Mitalipov’s work “designing disease-free embryos.” Mitalipov used the CRISPR gene-editing technique to repair a genetic mutation causing ...

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The story of a Uyghur freedom fighter in a journalistic career

by Ayesha Dear everyone, I would like to share with you a simple but impressive story of a Uyghur lady in exile, who has been fighting with a dragon, the Chinese government, using her broadcasting profession as a weapon. Her name is Gulchehra Abduqeyum Hoja and her people used to call her Gul, which means flower. She is very well known to the Uyghurs because of her unique style in TV programs back home as w ...

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