and China, but remaining under the control of the Chinese government. Both before and after Communism, China has applied a number of policies and actions against the people of Turkistan; there is no word but which cannot be described by any other word than “genocide”. According to bloody documents in the archives of the Chinese Empire 1,200,000 Muslims were killed and 22,500 families were forced to migrate to China due to the attacks mounted by the Manchu Dynasty against Turkistan between 1648 and 1759.2

When we come to the current drama of Turkistan, it can be observed that the chances to attain the freedom and independence that the Uyghur nation desired were not very great, due to the negative current situation and the imbalance in power between the Uyghur Muslims and the Chinese. On the other hand, the Sinicization policies, which have attempted to eradicate the presence of Turkistan, make this situation clearer.

The Uyghur people have suffered persecution that no other people have suffered. Palestinians have suffered a similar situation in their country, invaded by the English in 1916 and handed over to the Jews to establish the State of Israel in 1948. At the same time as the Israeli state was being established in 1948, Turkistan was being invaded by the Communists. It is for this reason that some writers and researchers use the term the: “Forgotten Palestine” for Turkistan. Perhaps the situation in Eastern Turkistan could become worse than that in Palestine, like the “Lost Andalusia”. This is because Israel has will continue to be an artificial state that is undergoing a continuous decline demographically, added onto and developed in an environment with a geography and history that resemble one another. However future of Turkistan is seen to be in danger of assimilation by The Chinese population.

There are many questions that can be asked concerning the period that followed two important events, the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992 and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; there are also many answers to these questions. However the most important question is: Is China involved in the Turkistan issue in order to make Turkistan the victim of its own policies? Perhaps this question goes against the logic of the balance of power.

However according to a study it can be argued that despite all the elements of power, China is on the horns of a dilemma when it comes to the matter of the disintegration of countries.

I. Statement of dominating Turkistan: Claims and needs

1) Identity of these lands between historical facts and China`s claims.