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About 20 Uyghurs were killed in separate incidents in the cities in\u00a0Kashghar and Hotan in the southern part\u00a0of China\u2019s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, according to Istanbul’s daily H\u00fcrriyet <\/em>newspaper.<\/p>\n“The violent incidents resulting in death and injuries have caused concern\u201d read the statement from the Turkish\u00a0ministry. \u201cWe give importance to the security, stability and peace of the people living in the region that we have historic and cultural ties to, that also forms a bridge of friendship between us and the People’s Republic of China.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe understand that the People’s Republic of China is conducting the necessary investigations. We hope that those responsible are brought to justice immediately, and that peace is brought to the region without tensions rising any further,\u201d the Turkish ministry said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00a0Turkey’s\u00a0Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed concern a new outbreak of violence against Muslim ethnic Uyghurs in China\u2019s Xinjiang region. About 20 Uyghurs were killed in separate incidents in the cities in\u00a0Kashghar and Hotan in the southern part\u00a0of China\u2019s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, according to Istanbul’s daily H\u00fcrriyet newspaper. “The violent incidents resulting in death…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":270,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[2226,2266,1355],"class_list":["post-5656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam","tag-china","tag-turkey","tag-violence"],"yoast_head":"\n
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