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Periods of East Turkestan Independence

The First Period The period up to 206 B.C.
The Second Period Local Administration under the Turkish Hun Khanate, 206-108 B.C.
The Third Period Local Administration under the Turkish Hun Khanate 86-60 B.C.

The Fourth Period Local Administration Under the Turkish Hun Khanate, 10 B.C.-73 A.D.
The Fifth Period Complete Independence, 74-554 A.D.
The Sixth period Local Administration Under the Gokturk Khanate, 555-639 A.D.

The Seventh period Local Administration Under the Gokturk Khanate, 650-660 A.D.
The Eighth Period Local Administration under the Turgis Turkish Khanate, 699-738 A.D.
The Ninth Period Complete Independence, 751-1216 A.D.
The Tenth Period Local Administration Under the Mughal Empire, 1217-1351 A.D.
The Eleventh Period Complete Independence, 1351-1678 A.D.

The Twelfth Period Local Administration Under the Kalmuck state, 1679-1752 A.D.
The Thirteenth Period Complete Independence, 1756-1759

Periods of Chinese Occupation of East Turkestan

The First Period 108-86 B.C., Limited to the South of the Country
The Second Period 60-10 B.C., Limited to the South of the Country
The Third Period 74-103 A.D., Limited to the South of the Country

The Fourth Period 640-649 A.D., All of the Country
The Fifth Period 660-699 A.D., All of the Country
The Sixth Period 738-751 A.D., All of the Country and Part of West Turkestan
The Seventh Period 1753-1756, All of the Country

The Eighth Period 1759-1861, All of the Country
The Ninth period 1879-1931, All of the Country
The Tenth Period 1934-Today.

As can be seen from the table, East Turkestan has been under Chinese occupa-
tion only a total of 570 years during its 2,200-year history. (Isa Yusuf Alptekin,
Unutulan Vatan Dogu Turkistan (East Turkestan, the Forgotten Country), Seha
Nesriyat, Istanbul, 1999, pp. 90-91)

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