On 15\u201316 May, the World Uyghur Congress and the Uyghur Center for Democracy and Human Rights participated, upon invitation, in the Turkish Food Festival organized by the Turkish Cultural Center in Karlsruhe. During the event, WUC representatives raised awareness about the ongoing Uyghur genocide in East Turkistan, China\u2019s assimilation and persecution policies targeting Uyghurs, transnational repression, as well as the history and culture of the Uyghur people.<\/p>\n
The event was attended by WUC President Turgunjan Alawdun, former WUC President and President of the Uyghur Center for Democracy and Human Rights Dolkun Isa, WUC Executive Committee Vice President Anwar Ahmet, WUC Foundation Fundraising Director Abdujelil Emet, and members of the local Uyghur community in Karlsruhe.<\/p>\n
Throughout the festival, the WUC distributed books, informational materials, and photographs highlighting the ongoing human rights violations in East Turkistan and the broader situation facing Uyghurs under Chinese occupation.<\/p>\n
The Turkish Federation in Karlsruhe has long been among the organizations actively supporting the Uyghur cause. During the festival, several representatives, including Osman Kaya, Cultural Affairs Officer at the Turkish Consulate in Karlsruhe, former regional federation president Nejat Karaca, and Turkish Federation President \u00c7etin \u00c7olak, visited the WUC stand and expressed their solidarity with the Uyghur people and East Turkistan.<\/p>\n
As part of the event, Dolkun Isa also held a signing session for the Turkish edition of his book *My Struggles Against China*.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Am 15. und 16. Mai nahmen der Welt-Uiguren-Kongress und das Uigurische Zentrum f\u00fcr Demokratie und Menschenrechte auf Einladung am T\u00fcrkischen Food-Festival teil, das vom T\u00fcrkischen Kulturzentrum in Karlsruhe organisiert wurde. W\u00e4hrend der Veranstaltung machten Vertreter des WUC auf den andauernden V\u00f6lkermord an den Uiguren in Ostturkestan, Chinas Assimilations- und Verfolgungspolitik gegen die Uiguren, die grenz\u00fcberschreitende […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200153440,"featured_media":6939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[711754005,711754004],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aktivitaeten","category-kampagnen"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uzdm.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/uuuu.png?fit=1366%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbKm7C-1NS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uzdm.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uzdm.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uzdm.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uzdm.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200153440"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uzdm.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6936"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/uzdm.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6940,"href":"https:\/\/uzdm.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6936\/revisions\/6940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uzdm.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uzdm.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uzdm.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uzdm.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}