East Turkestan Islamic Movement

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	militant
gptkbp:affiliation	gptkb:al-Qaeda gptkb:Taliban
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:ETIM gptkb:Turkistan_Islamic_Party
gptkbp:dissolved	uncertain; activity continues under different names
gptkbp:flag	blue flag with white crescent and star
gptkbp:foundedIn	1997
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Hasan_Mahsum
gptkbp:goal	independence of East Turkestan
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Waziristan_(historically)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	East Turkestan Islamic Movement
gptkbp:ideology	gptkb:Islamism Uyghur nationalism
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Uyghur
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Abdul_Haq_al-Turkistani
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:Islam_Awazi_(media_arm)
gptkbp:membership	primarily Uyghurs
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:2013_Tiananmen_Square_attack gptkb:2008_Kashgar_attack gptkb:2011_Hotan_attack
gptkbp:notableEvent	leadership killed in US drone strikes split into factions
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:United_States_(military_operations_in_Afghanistan) gptkb:Chinese_government
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Afghanistan gptkb:Pakistan gptkb:Xinjiang
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:Turkistan_Islamic_Party_in_Syria
gptkbp:religion	Sunni Islam
gptkbp:status	designated terrorist organization by European Union designated terrorist organization by United Nations designated terrorist organization by China designated terrorist organization by Russia removed from US terrorist list in 2020
gptkbp:target	gptkb:Chinese_government civilians in Xinjiang
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Xinjiang_conflict
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5