This flag (Kök Bayraq) has become a symbol of the East Turkestan independence movement.
Xinjiang conflict
1930–1989
Xinjiang Wars
Kazakh exodus
Yi–Ta incident
1989–2006
Ürümqi (1989)
Barin (1990)
Ürümqi (1992)
Gulja (1997)
Ürümqi (1997)
2007–present
Akto County raid (2007)
Qaraqash County unrest (2008)
Kashgar (2008)
Shaoguan Incident (2009)
Ürümqi (2009)
Xinjiang (2009)
Aksu (2010)
Hotan (2011)
Kashgar (2011)
Pishan (2011)
Yecheng (2012)
Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554
Korla (2013)
Bachu (2013)
Shanshan (2013)
Tiananmen (2013)
Xinhe (2014)
Kunming (2014)
China–Vietnam border (2014)
Ürümqi south railway station (2014)
Ürümqi market (2014)
Yarkant (2014)
Juma Tayir assassination (2014)
Luntai (2014)
Bangkok (2015)
Aksu (2015)
Chinese Embassy in Bishkek (2016)
Groups
The East Turkestan independence movement is a broad term that refers to advocates of an independent, self-governing East Turkestan in the region now known as Xinjiang , an autonomous region in the People's Republic of China .
Political ideology Founders
Zeydin Yusup
Ismail Semed
Huseyincan Celil
Hasan Mahsum
Members
Abdul Haq al-Turkistani
Abdullah Mansour
Abdul Shakoor al-Turkistani
Adel Abdulhehim
Ahmed Adil
Mohammed Ayub
Akhdar Qasem Basit
Abu Bakker Qassim
Sadik Ahmad Turkistani
Nag Mohammed
Yusef Abbas
Abdul Razak
Emam Abdulahat
Abdullah Abdulqadirakhun
Bahtiyar Mahnut
Dawut Abdurehim
Hajiakbar Abdulghupur
Hassan Anvar
Hozaifa Parhat
Arkin Mahmud
Abdul Helil Mamut
Ahmed Mohamed
Adel Noori
Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman
Ahmad Tourson
Abu Omar al-Turkistani