Zeydin Yusup

Zeynidin Yusup, also known as Zeynidin Kari or Ziauddin Yusuf, was one of main leaders of the Free Turkistan Movement.[1][2]

Zeynidin Yusup
Leader of the Free Turkistan Movement
In office
1988 – 6 April 1990
Personal details
Born1964
East Turkistan
Died(1990-04-06)6 April 1990 (aged 26)
Baren, East Turkistan
OccupationEast Turkistan independence movement leader, freedom fighter
Known forXinjiang conflict, Baren Township riot

History

In 1988 Abdul Kasim and Zeynidin Yusup started the group which was originally called Free Turkistan Movement. The movement was disbanded after the Baren uprising was crushed by Chinese security forces on April 10, 1990.[3][4]

Zeynidin Yusup was the mastermind behind the Baren Township conflict, one of the first major incidents in the Xinjiang conflict in the 1990s.

Baren Township incident
Main article: Baren Township conflict

During the Baren Township conflict, Yusup was killed in a firefight with Chinese government forces.[5]

References
  1. "China's Relations with Central Asian States and Problems with Terrorism". Every CRS Report. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  2. Starr, Frederick (2015). Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland. Taylor & Francis. p. 390. ISBN 9781317451372. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. "China's Relations with Central Asian States and Problems with Terrorism". Every CRS Report. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  4. Starr, Frederick (2015). Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland. Taylor & Francis. p. 390. ISBN 9781317451372. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  5. Guo, Rongxing (15 July 2015). China's Spatial (Dis)integration: Political Economy of the Interethnic Unrest in Xinjiang. Chandos Publishing. ISBN 9780081004036. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2017 – via Google Books.
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