Also known as Uyghuria, Uyghuristan, Uyghurstan, Chinese Turkestan
中亞地理概念
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東突厥斯坦(維吾爾文:شەرقىي تۈركىستان,拉丁维文:Sherqiy Türkistan;哈薩克語:شىعىستىق تۇركىستان,Shyǵystyq Turkystan),即突厥斯坦的东部地区,其具体的地理范围在不同时期、不同文献中各有不同,一般指塔里木盆地一带或今中华人民共和国新疆维吾尔自治区南部与中部,甚至整个新疆维吾尔自治区。 “东突厥斯坦”一词最早于18世纪中叶由“突厥斯坦”衍生而来,是西方旅行家、地理学家用于描述塔里木盆地一带的地理概念之一,19世纪初因俄国汉学家的使用而传播开来。1930年代,“东突厥斯坦”成为新疆內說突厥语族语言、信仰伊斯兰教的人抗議中国政府當局的战斗口号,并先后建立了东突厥斯坦伊斯兰共和国和东突厥斯坦共和国两个政权。20世纪末,受泛伊斯蘭主義和泛突厥主义影响,新疆再度出现分离主义情绪,其用“东突厥斯坦”指代中国新疆或他们希望在新疆与中亚各国建立的政教合一的独立伊斯兰国家。中国官方则反对使用该词指代新疆,认为使用该词是对中国主权的挑衅。
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