East Turkestan Islamic Movement

GPTKB entity

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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