# Anwar Yusuf Turani

> Anwar Yusuf Turani is an ethnic Uyghur nationalist and self proclaimed separatist leader. Born into a family branded counter-revolutionary by the Chinese government, Turani was raised in a labor camp where he faced economic hardship and political oppression. He attended Kashgar Teacher's College and graduated from the Department of Physics in July 1983. Turani came to the United States on August 12, 1988 and became the first Uyghur political asylee. In 1995, he established the East Turkistan National Freedom Center (ETNFC), a non-profit human rights organization based in Washington, D.C. He is the first person to start the East Turkistan independence movement in the United States. Having spearheaded the formation of the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) on September 14, 2004 in Washington, D.C., Turani went on to become the first Prime Minister of the entity.

*Uyghur nationalist*

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## Identity
- **Country:** China
- **Born:** 1962-08-03
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.1 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #236

## Sources
- [Anwar Yusuf Turani](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Yusuf_Turani)
- [أنور يوسف توراني](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A)
- [Anwar Yusuf Turani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Yusuf_Turani)
- [ئەنۋەر يۈسۈپ تۇرانى](https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%D9%86%DB%8B%DB%95%D8%B1_%D9%8A%DB%88%D8%B3%DB%88%D9%BE_%D8%AA%DB%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89)
- [انور یوسف تورانی](https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1_%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Анвар Юсуф Турани](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%AE%D1%81%D1%83%D1%84_%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4778065)

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