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assume a permanent monitoring and coordination function and its activ-
ities must embrace the interests of all member countries. This union
must consider all the demands of the Turkish-Islamic world by evaluat-
ing all developments in an objective manner. The Turkish-Islamic Union

will resolve disputes that may arise between member countries, do away
with conflicts of interest and serve as a protective mechanism in rela-
tions between Muslims and other societies. It will also enhance the cul-
tural, economic and political efficiency of the Turkish-Islamic world.

The Views of the Great Turkish Leader Ataturk Contains
an Important Message
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who made the Turkish Republic the most
stable democracy among Muslim countries with the modern conception

of the state he built, produced significant analyses of the kind of struc-
ture within which the Turkish-Islamic world could ensure unity and
union. The accuracy of Ataturk’s analyses, who said that one of the main
elements of a state was the right to exist within its own borders, were
gradually corroborated over the passage of time.
During the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, some of the peoples
living in its territories were led astray and, instead of living up alongside
the Empire, they collaborated with foreign powers. Those who selected
that course, out of hopes of various forms of self-interest, fell under the

rule of the countries they collaborated with and were duly colonized.
Some of these peoples sent representatives to Mustafa Kemal during the
early years of the Republic, complaining of the failure of their leaders
who had caused them to be colonized and even expressing the request
to amalgamate with the Republic of Turkey. Ataturk’s response to these
proposals represents an important answer to the question of the shape

Communist China's Policy
of Oppression in East Turkestan