Yusupbek Mukhlisi (1920–2004)
was a
Uyghur nationalist and the leader of the
United Revolutionary Front of East Turkestan (URFET). He lived in-exile with other former URFET members in
Almaty
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...
,
Kazakhstan, after fleeing to the
Soviet Union in 1960.
Along with Taynutdin Basakov, Mukhlisi also led the Committee for East Turkestan until its dissolution around the late 1990s.
References
East Turkestan independence activists
Uyghur nationalists
1920 births
2004 deaths
People granted political asylum in the Soviet Union
Chinese emigrants to the Soviet Union
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