Turghun Almas ( Uyghur: تۇرغۇن ئالماس;

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: 吐尔贡·阿力玛斯; 30 October 1924 – 11 September 2001) was a Uyghur historian and

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born in Kashgar. He was criticized for his "support for ethnic nationalist separatists" by Wang Lequan. He was jailed from 1943 to 1946 and again from July 1947 to April 1949 for his political activities. In 1950 he became an editor for the '' Azadliq'' (''Freedom'') newspaper. Turghun began researching Uyghur history in 1980. In 1989, the publication of his book '' Uyghurlar'' advanced the thesis that the Uyghurs are the historical owner of Xinjiang and should have an independent state.Bellér-Hann, Ildikó ''Situating the Uyghurs between China and Central Asia'' Ashgate 21 Dec 2007 p.42 The book was banned after its publication, and Turghun was allegedly under house arrest until his death in

Ürümqi Ürümqi ( ; also spelled Ürümchi or without umlauts), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi developed its ...

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1924 births 2001 deaths Uyghur writers 20th-century poets 20th-century Chinese historians People from Kashgar {{Asia-poet-stub