Zeydin Yusup, also known as Zeydin Kari or Ziauddin Yusuf, was one of main leaders of the Free Turkistan Movement.

History

In 1988 Abdul Kasim and Zeydin Yusup started the group which was originally called Free Turkistan Movement. The movement was disbanded after the Baren uprising was crushed by Chinese security forces on April 10, 1990. Zeydin Yusup was the mastermind behind the

Baren Township conflict The Baren Township conflict was an armed conflict that took place between ethnic Uyghur militants and Chinese government forces in April 1990. It is unclear what happened during the armed conflict because reports of the incident vary greatly. C ...

, one of the first major incidents in the

Xinjiang conflict The Xinjiang conflict ( zh, c=新疆冲突), also known as the East Turkistan conflict, Uyghur–Chinese conflict or Sino-East Turkistan conflict (as argued by the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile), is an ongoing ethnic geopolitical conf ...

in the 1990s.

Baren Township incident

During the Baren Township conflict, Yusup was killed in a firefight with Chinese government forces.

References

{{reflist 1960 births 1990 deaths East Turkestan independence activists Uyghurs East Turkestan independence movement