East Turkestan

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The name East Turkestan means:

  • generally the east of the vaguely defined area of Turkestan
  • the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China
  • the Islamic Republic of East Turkestan 1933 to 1934 (Uighur: شەرقىي تۈركىستان ئىسلام جۇمھۇرىيىتى, Chinese: 東突厥斯坦 伊斯蘭 共和國)
  • the Republic of East Turkestan 1944 to 1949 (Uighur: شەرقىي تۈركىستان جۇمھۇرىيىتى, Chinese: 東突厥斯坦 共和國)