The Origins of Uyghur Long Distance Nationalism The First Generation Uyghur Diaspora in Turkey

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2013-12-01

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Kuşçu Bonnenfant, Işık

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Uygur diasporası neredeyse altmış yıldır farkındalık yaratmak ve uluslararası toplum- dan destek bulmak için çalışmaktadır. Bu makale ilk kuşak Uygur diasporası liderleri İsa Yusuf Alptekin ve Mehmet Emin Buğranın yurtdışında sosyal uyumu sürdürmek ve ana- vatanlarında daha iyi bir gelecek sağlamak için yaptıkları çalışmalara odaklanmaktadır. Alptekin ve Buğranın yazılarındaki söylemleri incelemek yoluyla makale, sonraki kuşak Uygur diasporası için sağlam bir zemin oluşturabilecek; milli davanın ve diaspora kimli- ğinin gelişimine katkısı olan belirli sayıdaki temel konuyu tanımlamayı amaçlamaktadır.

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Uygur diasporası, Söylem, İsa Yusuf Alptekin, Mehmet Emin Buğra, Anavatan, Diaspora Politikaları, Uyghur diaspora, Homeland, Politics of Diaspora, Discourse

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http://www.usak.org.tr/images_upload/files/IsikKuscu.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/71922
https://app.trdizin.gov.tr/makale/TVRZME1ESXhNUT09/the-origins-of-uyghur-long-distance-nationalism-the-first-generation-uyghur-diaspora-in-turkey

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Orta Asya ve Kafkasya Araştırmaları Dergisi

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Department of International Relations, Article

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I. Kuşçu Bonnenfant, “The Origins of Uyghur Long Distance Nationalism The First Generation Uyghur Diaspora in Turkey,” Orta Asya ve Kafkasya Araştırmaları Dergisi, pp. 73–94, 2013, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://www.usak.org.tr/images_upload/files/IsikKuscu.pdf.