dogu-turkistan-sempozyumu

FREEEAST TURKISTAN SYMPOSIUMmade in the past, present or future will be rejected by the Uyghur people. Theyhave tried to divide the demographic infrastructure of the country with largescaleimportations from the east (Han nation) to the west (Turkistan), in a madrace against time.The Malaysians adopted a national slogan when they wanted to transform intoa great industrial state by 2050: “Look to the East”. Thus, they were indicatingthat they had taken the Japanese model as an example for development. TheChinese, however, have taken up the most despicable colonization model for thedisintegration of Turkistan and use the slogan: “Hey young man! Go West”, “Xibuda kaifa”. As a result of this slogan as well as the organization of enticing toursto encourage migration applications, China has settled millions of Han Chineseinto Turkistan and thus greatly changed the demographic infrastructure.Statistics demonstrate that the demographic balance between the nationsliving in Turkistan. However, one must be very careful when using statistics fromofficial sources. Information disclosed by the central or local Chinese governmentis that which it wants to be known. However, as we saw above, according to officiallegal regulations, publishing information about issues of nationalities withoutpermission from the official authorities is considered to be a breach of nationalsecurity. Thus, it is safe to say that the numbers which show the population ofUyghur citizens to number 8.5 million, that is Muslims form 60% of the totalpopulation in the region, are far from the actual numbers. On the other hand,statistics that show the Han nation as consisting of 7.5 million and forming 40%of the population are not to be trusted either. The statistics that are closer to thetruth are those that show the Uyghur population as being between 18 and 25million. While there is no data proving or disproving the accuracy of this census,considering the nature of incidents, the latter data can be seen to be closer toreality. If we take into consideration the reaction of nationalist Chinese and theconcern at official levels every time there is a protest these numbers are moretrustworthy. Then where is the problem?The Uyghur people are greatly concerned that the demographic structure oftheir country will be completely reversed in the near future. Similarly, the Chineseare concerned that the region will escape them and their economic investment inTurkistan will be at great risk. Moreover, they are facing disintegration threats to330