Toptan says killings of Uighurs raises Turkey's concerns

Toptan says killings of Uighurs raises Turkey's concerns


The Turkish parliament speaker said that being strong did not give any one the right to behave unjustly.
Friday, 10 July 2009 13:26
The Turkish parliament speaker said on Friday that being strong did not give any one the right to behave unjustly.

Turkey's Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan referred to developments in the East Turkish during his meeting in Ankara with Dimeji Bankole, the speaker of Nigerian House of Representatives, and said being strong did not give any one the right to behave unjustly.

Toptan expressed Turkey's concern over the incidents, and said Turkey favored solution of problems of the Uighur.

Toptan said however, recent incidents raised Turkey's concerns.

World Uighur Congress said that near 800 Uigurs were killed during a week-violence after Han Chineses attacks and following intervention of China forces. The China governmnet put the death toll 156.

After the attack, Chinese police arrested 1,434 Uighurs two days after killings thousands and wounding more than 1,000 since Uighurs started the protests.

Urumchi is in the Uighur Autonomous Region that has a population of over 21 million. Nearly 11 million Uighurs, Mongols and Huis live in the region.

However, Uighur Turks living outside China often say Chinese government pursued an assimilation policy against Uighurs.

Uighur Turks living in Turkey staged protests in Istanbul and called on the international community to take action to stop Chinese government.

Protestors also said death toll was more than announced by Chinese officials.


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