The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is “disturbed” by Turkey’s support for Uyghurs, one of China’s largest Muslim minorities, as Turkey refused to extradite Turkic Uyghurs to China, a Turkish official said on Dec. 29.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that claims about Turkic Uyghurs being extradited to China were “a total lie” and that Ankara will not cave to Beijing’s pressure, even if it hurts their bilateral relations.
“Turkish-Chinese ties have suffered over Beijing being disturbed by our attitude on the Turkic Uyghurs issue,” he told reporters in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara, Middle East Monitor reported….