East Turkestan
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East Turkestan or East Turkistan is a loosely defined geographical region in the northwestern part of the People's Republic of China, on the cross roads of East and Central Asia. The term was coined i
Cities of the Tarim Basin region, 1 BC
Qing-era painting depicting a Chinese campaign against Jahangir Khoja's forces in Xinjiang, 1828
According to one definition of East Turkestan, the Tian Shan mountain system separates East Turkestan from Dzungaria in Xinjiang.
The term "East Turkestan" is primarily used by, and is associated with, Uyghur separatists (diasporic protest in Washington, D.C. shown)
The East Turkestan independence movement is a political movement that seeks the independence of East Turkestan, a large and sparsely populated region in northwest China, as a nation state for the Uygh
ETGE members at Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., United States on 14 September 2004
Museum für Indische Kunst Dahlem Berlin Mai 2006 063