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ASIA RFA: Yes, what is your view of Turkey’s policy regarding
East Turkestan? Turkey has many problems today. Parliament issued a

notice in 1998. It is forbidden to fly the East Turkestan sky flag today.
Our civil society organizations have a lot of problems here. But Turkey
says; “This is damaging our trade relations. For that reason, we will not
permit East Turkestan civil society organizations to engage in certain
activities in here.” But looking at our trade relations, we import $14 bil-
lion-worth of goods from China. We only sell them $1 billion. Poor qual-

ity Chinese goods are currently destroying Turkish industry. Chinese
goods are a huge threat. What should Turkey’s policy be? When we
speak of the Turkish world, of course, we are speaking of Turkey as a
deep-rooted state, the successor to the Ottoman Empire. But because of
rifts in various policies, Turkey is today unable to attach sufficient
importance to overseas. What do you think of Turkey’s East Turkestan
policy?

Communist China's Policy
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