East Turkestan Republic

the East Turkestan Republic

1. A Uyghur nation-state that existed from 1933 to 1934 and 1944 to 1946 in modern-day Xinjiang.
   • 1946 December 5, Military Information: Sinkiang Rebellions 1931-1937‎, page 9:

     Within the independent government of the East Turkestan Republic, while Sabid-da-Mulla insisted upon defending the Old City of Kashgar to the death, Mahum and Nias wanted to quit the Old City for the time being, withdraw to Ying-chi-sha, and plan a second uprising.

   • 2001, Gordon G. Chang, “Lake of Gasoline: The Discontent of the People Is Explosive”, in The Coming Collapse of China‎ (Business/Current Affairs), New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 29:

     Relations between the Uighurs and the Chinese have always been bad, but in the last few years they’ve gotten even worse, especially since early 1997, when fighting flared in Yining, the capital of the short-lived East Turkestan Republic. Details are sketchy because the central government cordoned off Xinjiang from the rest of the world, but it appears that unrest — and subsequent executions — left several hundred dead, perhaps more.