UIGHURS AS POLITICAL ACTORS IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Keywords:
Uighurs, Uighur diaspora, Kyrgyzstan, XUAR, PRC, Central Eurasia, Uighur separatism, East Turkestan Republic.Abstract
In the Middle Ages, the Uighurs, who are one of the oldest and largest peoples of Central Eurasia (CE), were driven into East Turkestan and then conquered by the Qing Empire. The Chinazation policy carried out in relation to these people led to the mass exodus of the freedom-fighting Uighurs to the CE countries. The Uighurs are vigorously engaged in economic activity; in other spheres they are traditionally closed and alienated from the outside world, which prevents them from be coming actively integrated into contemporary society.
This article analyzes the roots and reasons for this social phenomenon, which is having a certain influence on the foreign and domestic policy of the Kyrgyz Republic (KR), as well as on political stability and security of the entire Central Asian region.
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There have been no regional or district keneshes in the Kyrgyz Republic for several years now.
The defense and security structures of Kyrgyzstan have banned the Uighur diaspora from holding protest demonstra-tions, available in Russian at [www.rssclub.ru/3309/43.html].
See: V. Grebenshchikov, “Uigury v Kyrgyzstan,” available at [http://zonakz.net/articles/13629].
See: Statement by the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry on the status of the Uighurs in Kyrgyzstan, relations with China, and terrorism, available in Russian at [http://www.centrasia.ru/newsA.php?st=1076101440].
See: “Kamchibek Tashiev—a Kashgar Uighur? The Influence of Emigrants from China is Rising in Kyrgyzstan,”available in Russian at [http://www.paruskg.info/2012/05/14/62729].
See: Renmin ribao, available at [Russian.people.com.cn].
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