{"id":4789,"date":"2022-07-24T22:46:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T22:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2022\/07\/24\/police-obstacle-uyghurs-who-want-make-their-voices-heard-erdogan-clash-broke-out-because\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T06:42:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T06:42:20","slug":"police-obstacle-uyghurs-who-want-make-their-voices-heard-erdogan-clash-broke-out-because","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/police-obstacle-uyghurs-who-want-make-their-voices-heard-erdogan-clash-broke-out-because\/","title":{"rendered":"Police obstacle to Uyghurs who want to make their voices heard by Erdo\u011fan: A clash broke out because of the East Turkestan Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police obstacle to Uyghurs who want to make their voices heard by Erdo\u011fan: A clash broke out because of the East Turkestan Flag<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Uyghurs living in Turkey, who have not been in contact with their relatives living in China since 2016, gathered at Ey\u00fcpsultan Mosque, where Erdo\u011fan will perform the Friday prayer, to ask for his help. Before Erdogan’s arrival, the police told 81-year-old Mahmut Tohti Amin, who was carrying the East Turkestan Flag, that they would not allow his flag to be unfurled. Amin, who fell to the ground during the brawl after he did not want to raise the East Turkestan Flag, opened his eyebrow. Speaking to Serbestiyet, Amin said: \u201cI have been living in Turkey, where I have been a citizen for 31 years. I haven’t been able to hear the voice of my 5 children and 15 grandchildren living in East Turkestan for years. We went to our President to make our voices heard.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Onur Erkan Serbestiyet<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Uyghurs living in Turkey, who have not been in contact with their relatives in China since 2016, gathered at Ey\u00fcpsultan Mosque, where President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan will perform the Friday prayer, to ask him to help them reunite with their families.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to Erdogan’s arrival, a scuffle broke out between the police and the Uyghur community over the “unfurling of the East Turkestan Flag”.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The police told a Uyghur holding the East Turkestan Flag to turn down the flag.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

81-year-old Mahmut Tohti Amin, who did not want to raise the flag during the brawl with the police, fell to the ground and opened his eyebrow.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking to Serbestiyet, Amin said:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have 5 children and 15 grandchildren living in East Turkestan and they have children who have not been able to see them yet. I haven’t even heard of any of them since 2016.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We went to our President to make our voices heard and ask him to help us. The police said, “The flag of East Turkestan is not allowed.” I was very sorry.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I collapsed in the sudden rush and fell to the ground. My hand hurts so much, my finger is probably broken. My eyebrows opened.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our hearts are already on fire. I have been living in Turkey for 31 years. I am a citizen of the Republic of Turkey. I went to ask our President for help, this happened. They didn’t even want to let him into the mosque. This should not have happened.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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