East Turkistan Republic Day celebrated in Istanbul

In Istanbul, the International Union of East Turkistan Organization NGOs organized an event to commemorate the East Turkistan Republics that declared independence twice, on November 12, 1933 in Kashgar and 1944 in Gulja.
The ceremony began with the recitation of the Quran by Habibullah Qari and was attended by thousands of East Turkistan residents, including Zeytinburnu Mayor Mr. Ömer Arısoy, religious figures, academics, and organization representatives. Many organizations, such as IHH, the Federation of Eurasian Turkish Associations, the Beydili Turkmen Union, the Kazakh Turks Foundation, and the Afghan Turkmen Union, were present to create a sense of unity and solidarity on this meaningful day. Afterwards, the national anthems of Turkey and East Turkistan were sung and prayers were said for the martyrs.
In his opening speech at the event, the head of the NGO union, Hidayetullah Oğuzhan, emphasized that the events commemorating the foundation day of the republic were important, that they were useful in terms of making the people embrace the fighting spirit of the leaders who founded the two republics so that the oppressed people could be saved from the Chinese oppression, and that there was no other choice but independence to save East Turkistan from the systematic genocide that had been going on for 91 years.
Following the short film prepared by Istiqlal Media Group for two Republic Day celebrations, separate welcome speeches were delivered by:
Associate Professor Dr. Alimcan Bugda, Chairman of the East Turkistan Scholars Association
Professor Dr. Celal Erbay, Dean of New Century University Law Faculty and former AK Party Member of Parliament
Opinion leader Abdulkadir Yapcan
Mr. Ali Salih, General President of the East Turkistan Foundation
Mr. Abduresit Abdulhamit, Chairman of the World Uyghur Congress Foundation
Mr. Ömer Arısoy, Mayor of Zeytinburnu
Celal Kahraman, General President of the Kazakh Turks Foundation
Mr. Burhan Kavuncu, President of the World Turkistan Solidarity Association
Helpet Hacim, member of the East Turkistan Scholars Association
In addition, emotional moments were experienced in the event with the 2-act theater show of the 2 republics founded on November 12, 1944, prepared by the youth of the East Turkistan New Generation Movement, while young people addressing the society added color to the event by reading poems that carry deep meaning and appeal to the society.
Towards the end of the program, Dr. Alimcan Buğda, President of the Scholars Union, gave a presentation on "The Construction and Development of the Islamic Republic of East Turkistan." In his speech, Buğda detailed the important events that took place during the foundation period of the republic and emphasized the importance of unity and solidarity in rebuilding a country.
On the same day, the people of East Turkistan living in different countries of the world organized various events to commemorate the Republic Day.