Why is Turkey silent on what's happening to Uighurs in China?

Ethnic Uighur Muslim

Çin'in Ugurlara yönelik politikalarına Türkiye sessiz. Source: AAP

SBS Turkish spoke to journalist Yavuz Oğhan about the recent political developments in Turkey. When asked why Turkey was so silent when it came to the mass jailing of hundreds of thousands of Uighurs by China, Oğhan said the Turkish government needed strong friends at a time of fraying ties with the U.S. and Russian and China fit that role perfectly. (AUDIO IN TURKISH)



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