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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nDuring\n the start of the 20th century, an Uyghur led national awakening \nmovement began to take shape in East Turkistan which sought to restore \nthe independence of East Turkistan and liberate it from Chinese \noccupation. After several years of waging a War of National Liberation, \nthis goal was partially realized on November 12, 1933 with the \nestablishment of the Republic of East Turkistan (November 12, 1933- \nApril 16, 1934), in Kashgar. It was on the eve of November 11, 1933 that\n the sixteen ministers of the RET would unanimously accept the K\u00f6k \nBayraq (Blue Flag), which had been proposed several months earlier by \nthe East Turkistan Independence Association (ETIA), as the national flag\n of East Turkistan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The K\u00f6k Bayraq [Blue Flag] was also used as \nthe National Flag of the East Turkistan Republic (November 12, 1944 \u2013 \nDecember 20, 1949). Since the occupation of East Turkistan by the \nPeople\u2019s Republic of China in 1949, the flag has been banned by Chinese \noccupational forces. It continues to remain as symbol of East Turkistan \nindependence and is used and accepted unanimously by all East Turkistan \nand Uyghur organizations across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Explanation of the Symbolism of East Turkistan\u2019s National Flag<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\u2022\n The blue color (background) is taken from the color of the sky and is a\n predominant color in Turkic culture that represents the sky, \nessentially the blue represents Turks.
\u2022 The blue color also comes \nfrom the flag of K\u00f6kt\u00fcrk Khaganate (Empire) and the color has also been \nfound on the flags of numerous Turkic empires and nation states.
\u2022 \nThe crescent represents the notion of being victorious (undefeatable) \nand is not necessarily an Islamic symbol, in-fact it was the Turks that \nintroduced the crescent into the Islamic world.
\u2022 The star represents\n the Turkic nation, it is also found on the flag of the White Hun \n(Hephthalite) Empire and various other Turkic empires and states.
\u2022 \nIt should also be noted that this Blue Flag was initially earned with \nthe blood of over 250,000 martyrs who died in the path of liberation and\n independence for East Turkistan from Chinese occupation.
\u2022 The blue flag is the symbol of national independence and freedom for the people of East Turkistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\u2022\n The blue color (background) is taken from the color of the sky and is a\n predominant color in Turkic culture that represents the sky, \nessentially the blue represents Turks.
\u2022 The blue color also comes \nfrom the flag of K\u00f6kt\u00fcrk Khaganate (Empire) and the color has also been \nfound on the flags of numerous Turkic empires and nation states.
\u2022 \nThe crescent represents the notion of being victorious (undefeatable) \nand is not necessarily an Islamic symbol, in-fact it was the Turks that \nintroduced the crescent into the Islamic world.
\u2022 The star represents\n the Turkic nation, it is also found on the flag of the White Hun \n(Hephthalite) Empire and various other Turkic empires and states.
\u2022 \nIt should also be noted that this Blue Flag was initially earned with \nthe blood of over 250,000 martyrs who died in the path of liberation and\n independence for East Turkistan from Chinese occupation.
\u2022 The blue flag is the symbol of national independence and freedom for the people of East Turkistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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