ISTANBUL—Nineteen people from China’s Uyghur Muslim ethnic group filed a criminal complaint with a Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday against Chinese officials, accusing them of committing genocide, torture, rape, and crimes. Lawyer Gulden Sonmez said it was necessary because international bodies had not acted against the Chinese communist regime, who has been accused of facilitating forced labor by detaining around a million Uyghurs and other primarily Muslim minorities in camps since 2016. The Chinese regime initially denied the camps existed, but has since said they are vocational centers and are designed to combat extremism. It denies all accusations of abuse. About 50,000 Uyghurs—with whom Turks share ethnic, religious, and linguistic connections—are believed to reside in Turkey, the largest Uyghur diaspora outside Central Asia. The complaint was filed with the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office. China’s embassy in Turkey and the prosecutor’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment. “The international …