East Turkistan is the homeland of the Turkic speaking Uyghurs and other Central Asian peoples such as Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Tatars and Tajiks. According to latest Chinese census, the current population of East Turkistan is 18.62 million, including 7.49 million ethnic Chinese illegal settled in East Turkistan after 1949 (the ethnic Chinese numbered 200,000 in 1949). The population of Muslims is slightly over 11 million; among these, the 8,68 million Uyghurs constitute the majority. However, the Uyghur sources put the population of Uyghurs around 15 to 20 million.i
East Turkistan is located beyond the logical boundary of China, the Great Wall. Historically and culturally, East Turkistan is part of Central Asia, not of China. The people of East Turkistan are not Chinese; they are Turks of Central Asia. |
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