Veli Kajum-chan

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Veli Kajum-chan (born July 15, 1904 in Tashkent , † August 13, 1993 in Düsseldorf ) was chairman of the National Turkestan Unity Committee (NTEK), the Turkish government in exile in Germany.

youth

After graduating from high school in Tashkent, after the Soviet Revolution of 1917, internal unrest broke out in Turkestan . Regional “National Governments” have been established in a significant part of Turkestan. One of these national governments was the Bukhara National State.

live in Germany

In 1921 he came to Berlin as a student on the occasion of the visit of Bukhara Prime Minister Feyzullah Hodja to Germany. Between 1921 and 1922, the Turkestan government sent 70 pupils and students to Germany. One of these students was Veli Kajum-chan. An important part of the survivors of this period II. Before and after World War II, many professors, doctors, lawyers and architects went to Turkey. In 1924, the majority of the national governments in Turkestan that were under the control of the Soviet Union were abolished and a significant part of its administration was massacred during that time. Veli Kajum-chan, who lived in Berlin , was sentenced to death in absentia in 1926.

He stayed in Berlin and attended the Berlin School of Agriculture and the Berlin School of Politics and graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Policy at the University of Berlin , where he received his doctorate from 1941–1942.

During the Second World War

Veli Kajum-chan, known as the head of the Turkestan government in exile, was recognized by the commander of the Turkestan legions and Hitler's Germany. He took part in the war when the "Turkestan Legion istan der istan Turkestan Legions oluştur" was formed under the coordination of the German Foreign Ministry, the German East Ministry and the German Land Forces Command during World War II. He coordinated the Turkestan troops on a broad front line of Hitler's Russian campaign in France, Belgium and Italy. The Turkestan legions not only fought against the Russians, but also took part in battles with American and British troops in a wide area from Normandy to the Alps .

Post war life

His scientific work has been recognized and confirmed. His reputation was restored after serving a two-year prison term. He spent his whole life promoting the independence of Turkistan. He married Eva Kajum in Munich in the 1950s . The marriage produced a daughter. Until his death, he was considered by the public in Turkmenistan to have died in the war because the KGB had tried at least twice to murder him in Germany. The suspects were arrested by German authorities. Until his death as a publisher, writer and chairman of the National Unity Committee of Turkestan, he remained a Turkestan citizen, written off by Stalin, with a lifelong stateless identity for 72 years.

Veli Kajum-chan, called "la Ata tarafından" by Turks, who freed Turks from German prison camps during the war, died on August 13, 1993 in Düsseldorf at the age of 89.