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İslam, yerel elitler ve Çin'in Uygurları entegre sürecinde attiği yanlış adımlar

Islam, local elites, and China's missteps in integrating the Uygur nation

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75–96
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2022-10-18
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This situation has limited the ability of Uyghur cadres to act as intermediaries between the Chinese state and the Uyghur population, undermining the Chinese government’s attempts to integrate Uyghurs into the PRC and challenge the popular appeal of Uyghur separatism.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The following paper examines China’s religious and nationality policies aimed at establishing and maintaining political and social control over the Uyghur population of Xinjiang and finds China’s policies to be contradictory and self-defeating.
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Key Findings & Data:The author suggests that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has historically embraced a nationality policy towards Xinjiang aimed at promoting the development of a Uyghur sense of national identity, in which Islam and the Uyghur language have become central unifying characteristics, and fostered class of Uyghur elites loyal to the Chinese state to develop and control a unified Uyghur nation.
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Conclusion & Impact:This situation has limited the ability of Uyghur cadres to act as intermediaries between the Chinese state and the Uyghur population, undermining the Chinese government’s attempts to integrate Uyghurs into the PRC and challenge the popular appeal of Uyghur separatism.
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Abstract

The following paper examines China’s religious and nationality policies aimed at establishing and maintaining political and social control over the Uyghur population of Xinjiang and finds China’s policies to be contradictory and self-defeating. The author suggests that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has historically embraced a nationality policy towards Xinjiang aimed at promoting the development of a Uyghur sense of national identity, in which Islam and the Uyghur language have become central unifying characteristics, and fostered class of Uyghur elites loyal to the Chinese state to develop and control a unified Uyghur nation. These attempts, however, have been undermined by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) historical aversion to religion and its refusal to allow Uyghur cadres to openly practice Islam, which has isolated them from the wider Uyghur community and contributed to the erosion of their perceived Uyghur identity. This situation has limited the ability of Uyghur cadres to act as intermediaries between the Chinese state and the Uyghur population, undermining the Chinese government’s attempts to integrate Uyghurs into the PRC and challenge the popular appeal of Uyghur separatism.

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Bu çalısma, Uygur halkı üzerinde siyasal ve sosyal denetim saglayıp, bu denetimi sürdürmeyi amaçlayan Çin’in din ile milliyet politikalarını incelemekte ve Çin’in politikalarını kendi içinde tutarsız bulmaktadır. Yazar, Çin Halk Cumhuriyeti’nin (ÇHC) tarihsel olarak Sincan’a yönelik baslıca özelliginin 4slam dini ve Uygur dili olan bir Uygur milli kimlik düsüncesinin gelisimini desteklemeyi amaçlayan milliyet siyasetini benimsedigini ve Çin devletine baglı Uygur eliti aracılıgıyla birlesik bir Uygur milleti olusturmak ve onu kontrol etmek konusunda tesvik ettigini ileri sürmektedir. Ancak bu girisimler, Çin Komünist Partisi’nin (ÇKP) dine tarihsel karsıtlıgı ve Uygur kadrolarının 4slam dinini yasamalarına izin vermeyi reddetmesi sonucunda sarsıntıya ugramıstır. Çin Komünist Partisi’nin Uygur elitine 4slamı yasama konusunda izin vermeyi reddetmesi, bu kadroları Uygur toplumundan izole etmis ve bu kisilerin Uygur kimligi algısını erozyona ugratmıstır. Bu durum, Uygur kadrolarının Çin devleti ve Uygur halkı arasında arabulucu olma gücünü, Çin hükümetinin Uygurları, Çin Halk Cumhuriyeti’ne entegre etme ve Uygur ayrılıkçı hareketinin popüler çekiciligine karsı meydan okuma girisimlerini zayıflatarak kısıtlamıstır.

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HESS, S. E. (2022). İslam, yerel elitler ve Çin'in Uygurları entegre sürecinde attiği yanlış adımlar. Orta Asya ve Kafkasya Araştırmaları, Cilt: 4 - Sayı: 7, 75–96. https://ajindex.com/articles/585672

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