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East Turkestan Independence Movement is a broad term that refers to advocates of an independent, self-governing Xinjiang , which they refer to as East Turkestan . Currently the area is an Autonomous Region in the People's Republic Of China . In general, the wide variety of groups who seek independence for Xinjiang can be distinguished by the type of government they advocate and the role they believe an independent Xinjiang should play in international affairs. Groups who use the term ''Eastern Turkestan'' tend to have an orientation towards western Asia, the Islamic World , and Russia . These groups can be further subdivided into those who desire Secularity , and identify with the struggle of Kemal Attaturk in Turkey , versus those who want an Islam ic Theocracy and identify with Saudi Arabia , the former Taliban government in Afghanistan, or Iran . In many cases the latter diminish the importance or deny the existence of a separate Uyghur ethnicity and claim a larger Turanian or Islamic identity. These groups tend to see an independent East Turkistan in which non- Turkic , and especially non-Islamic minorities, such as the Han Chinese or the Tibetans would play no significant role. Those that use the term Uyghuristan tend to envision a state specifically for the Uyghur people. Those groups that adopt this terminology tended to be allied with the former Soviet Union while it still existed. Since then some of the leaders of these groups have remained in Russia , Kazakstan or Kyrgyzstan , or have emigrated to Europe and North America. In any future independent Uyghuristan, non-Uyghurs peoples such as the Kazaks , the Kyrghyz , the Han Chinese , the Hui or the Tibetans would exist only as tolerated minorities. It is worth noting that none of these identities are exclusive. Some groups support more than one such orientation. It is common to support both an Islamic and Turkic orientation for Xinjiang. The founders of the Turkic Islamic Republic of Eastern Turkistan (also known as the East Turkistan Republic ) are a good example of this. It has led to splits within the Eastern Turkestan independence movement in the past. Since 1995 the Chair of the Unrepresented Nations And People's Organization has been Erkin Aliptekin , the son of the Uyghur separatist leader Eysa Yusuf Aliptekin . GROUPS THAT SUPPORT EAST TURKESTAN INDEPENDENCE Some of the groups that support independence for Eastern Turkestan have been labeled terrorist organizations by both the People's Republic of China, the United Nations and/or the United States. Many Uyghur organizations overseas are known to have small memberships of less than a dozen.
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