Non-Governmental Organizations Founded In Turkey By Kazak Turks From Eastern Turkistan And Their Activities: The Case Of The Kazak Turkish Education And Research Association Cover Image

Doğu Türkistanli Kazak Türkleri Tarafindan Türkiye’de Kurulan Sivil Toplum Örgütleri Ve Bunlarin Faaliyetleri: Kazak Türkleri Eğitim Ve Araştirma Derneği Örneği
Non-Governmental Organizations Founded In Turkey By Kazak Turks From Eastern Turkistan And Their Activities: The Case Of The Kazak Turkish Education And Research Association

Author(s): Özlem Akbudak
Subject(s): Civil Society, Management and complex organizations, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Turkestan; Kazakh Migration to Turkey; Kazakhstan China Relationship; Kazakh Turks Education and Research Association;

Summary/Abstract: Kazakh Turks of East Turkistan who fled Chinese persecution and settled in Turkey after 1950 through India and their activities for the "East Turkistan case" within the academic method. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Kazakhstan was established in the western part of Turkistan in 1991. A year after the establishment of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the first diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China began, and these relations continue to this day. However, due to kazakhstan's relations with China since its independence in 1991, the Kazakh Turks in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the diaspora approach the "East Turkistan Case" with sensitivity. At the same time, with the independence of Kazakhstan, Kazakh Turks from East Turkistan in Turkey expressed their homeland as Kazakhstan and some Families from East Turkistan emigrated to Kazakhstan. Kazakh Turks from East Turkistan who remain in Turkey serve as bridges in the relations between Turkey and Kazakhstan with the associations they have established. It is the Kazakh Turks Education and Research Association that carries out its activities in the most active way in this mission.

  • Issue Year: 14/2022
  • Issue No: 53
  • Page Range: 277-288
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Turkish