Posted on 03/14/2018 12:26:37 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
Turkey’s ill-advised war in Syria’s Afrin enclave has further exposed how the Islamist regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his nationalist partners are mobilizing China’s Muslims, especially the Uyghurs, for their proxy battles to advance political and religious goals.
The clandestine web of networks that was set up by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) among Uyghurs and other Muslim groups from Central Asian countries involves not only transporting and facilitating jihadist fighters from China’s Xinxiang region, some of the fiercest and most battle-hardened militants who can only be compared to Russian’s Chechens on the field, but also mobilization of larger diaspora Uyghur groups in Turkey and abroad for a public relations campaign. It is quite a dangerous pattern in that Erdogan and his associates have been sowing the seeds of a jihadist mindset among Uyghurs with the support of state resources which at times manifested itself with the issuance of passports and travel documents and at other times with providing arms and logistical supplies.
Last week we saw serious indications of how the radicalization of Uyghur communities in Turkey has already taken a toll, coming on the heels of war-frenzy campaign that was sanctioned and encouraged by the Turkish government with heavy doses of religious references repeatedly made by Erdogan himself. On March 10, 2018 some 700 Muslims from China visited the southeastern border city of Hatay near Syria and made an appearance in the provincial headquarters of Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to deliver the message that they wanted to join the battle in Afrin. Speaking on behalf of the group, Seyit Tümtürk, the chairman of the Eastern Turkistan Association for Culture and Solidarity (Doğu Türkistan Kültür ve Dayanışma Derneği in Turkish), said, “We want to fight in Afrin shoulder-to-shoulder with Turkish troops.”
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We are not yet seeing in the media what is happening, but it is Kobani II. And if this is not stopped, it will produce the next Turkish Genocide.
Much more at the link. Turkey has previously inported Chinese Muslims in other areas they have taken in Syria.
Bttt.
5.56mm
Resurrection of ISIS? Yep.
Please keep me updated on any news about Turkey. Our son flies to Istanbul on Friday for business. Color me concerned. He travels overseas a lot and is very situationally aware.
Thanks.
many people don’t realize that the Turks have wanted a “Greater Turkey” - or whatever you want to call it - for decades. If you think I mean Turkish expansion into neighboring countries, no, that’s not even it. They want to form cultural alliances with Turkish people everywhere - including Central Asia and China.
I really would love to see the Chinese get ticked off at Turkey. No one to cheer for there.
There is a lot to dislike about China’s government, but there are times for brutality. If the terrorists want to play rough, I hope the People’s Liberation Army will oblige. No survivors.
You mean to say that Turkey wants to restore its Caliphate?
What makes you think China objects to having their most troublesome Muslims relocated to Syria?
Erdogan ain't too bright, it's the equivalent of sending him Anthrax.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_Council
Members: are Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey. The remaining two Turkic states, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are not currently official members of the council due to their neutral stance; however, they are possible future members of the council
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