An official Turkish visit to the troubled north-western Chinese province of Xinjiang to assess reports of a brutal crackdown on the region’s Turkic Muslims could shape Turkey’s challenge to conservative Gulf states’ leadership of the Islamic world and complicate Muslim silence about the most frontal assault on their faith in recent history.

For Turkey, Xinjiang visit amounts to a risky gamble

Turkey risks jeopardising economic ties with China if it keeps criticising Beijing's treatment of Uighurs , China's envoy to Ankara warned, just as Chinese firms are looking to invest in Turkish energy and infrastructure mega-projects.

Criticising Uighur policy could hit economic relations: China to Turkey

China's state media has released a video it said proves Uighur poet and musician Abdurehim Heyit is alive after Turkey cited reports of his death in custody in a strongly worded condemnation of "human rights violations" in Xinjiang.

Uighur musician Abdurehim Heyit is alive, says China's state-run television

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For Turkey, Xinjiang visit amounts to a risky gamble

Criticising Uighur policy could hit economic relations: China to Turkey

Uighur musician Abdurehim Heyit is alive, says China's state-run television