East Turkestan Liberation Organization
Uyghur secessionist organization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO) was a secessionist Uyghur organization that advocated for an independent Uyghur state named East Turkestan in the Western Chinese province known as Xinjiang.[1] The organization was established in Turkey in late 1997 to fight against the Chinese government in Xinjiang, a territory of ethnic Uyghur majority.[2]
East Turkestan Liberation Organization | |
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Leader | Mehmet Emin Hazret |
Dates of operation | 1997–2003 |
Motives | Independence of East Turkestan from China |
Active regions | Xinjiang |
Ideology | Uyghur nationalism, Separatism, Islamism, Turanism |
Status | Designated as a terrorist organization (15 December 2003) Designated as a terrorist organization (November 2006) Designated as a terrorist organization (September 2007) |
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Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 東突厥斯坦解放組織 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 东突厥斯坦解放组织 | ||||||
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Uyghur name | |||||||
Uyghur | شارقىي تۇركەستان ئازاتلىق تەشكىلاتى | ||||||
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ETLO has been described by scholars as demanding total independence and supporting or being indifferent to more radical methods driven by religious and ethnic motives.[3][4] ETLO is a designated terrorist organization by the governments of China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.[5][6][7]