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  • 01:36:45 pm on May 5, 2008 | # | |
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    from The Turks in World History, an ethnographic survey found that uigher intellectuals define themselves as turks or uighers, uigher elite merchants/business persons define themselves as chinese and uigher peasants define themselves as muslims….

     

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  • thabet 8:51 am on May 7, 2008 | #

    One time I was in Istanbul, I met three students from a Central Asian state (forget which one now). They were in the country to complete degrees in ‘Turkish studies’. They were all Muslims (I met them in an obscurish mosque I was looking for), but they were far more interested in pan-Turkic politics and cultural affiliation.

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