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Fatima, a nine years-old Uighur student, talks during an interview in a school of Silivri district in Istanbul on Nov 29. — AFPThe school on the outskirts of Istanbul is a rare place where Uighur child refugees from China can study their language and culture.
But leaked internal documents have shown they are run like prisons, while critics say they are aimed at eradicating local culture and religion of Uighurs and other, mostly Muslim, minorities.With some 50,000 Uighur refugees in Turkey, there are many more children like Fatima or even worse off.“Don’t worry about us,“ they said, in their last phone call on a trip back to China.
Back-to-back rallies were held in December in Istanbul, one by Islamists and another by ultra-nationalists. Many fear he is bending to Chinese economic pressure, though Uighurs in Turkey remain hugely grateful for the asylum the country has offered.“No other Muslim country did that, no Western country did that.”They included instructions that inmates should be cut off from the outside world and monitored at all times — including toilet breaks — to prevent escapes.
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