Turkey has deported an ethnic Uighur woman back to China, Uighur activist Abduweli Ayup reported on Saturday citing Turkish immigration, Ahval News reports.
Ankara’s decision to deport Zinnetgul Tursun is related to a criminal extradition agreement between Ankara and Beijing, Ayup said on Twitter.
Zinnetgul Tursun deported to China from Turkey, Turkish immigration confirmed the news. #Uyghurs in diaspora suspected that is related to criminal extradition agreement between two countries. International human rights organization had been criticising Turkey on #Uyghurs #camps pic.twitter.com/1Ve1P4IY24
— Abduweli Ayup (@AbduwelA) July 26, 2019
The reported deportation arrives following a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan earlier this month to China, where he hailed close cultural and economic ties and pledged security cooperation with Beijing..
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