China demands Turkish retraction (Uighur genocide)

[Coventina]

Source: BBC

China has demanded that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan retract his accusation that Beijing practised genocide against ethnic Uighurs.

Mr Erdogan made the claim after riots in the Uighur heartland of Xinjiang during which 184 people were killed.

Separately, more than 100 Chinese writers and intellectuals have signed a letter calling for the release of Ilham Tohti, an outspoken Uighur economist.

Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi, is under heavy police and military control.

China's rejection of Mr Erdogan's remarks came in an editorial headlined "Don't twist facts" in the English-language newspaper China Daily.

It said the fact that 137 of the 184 victims were Han Chinese "speaks volumes for the nature of the event".

The newspaper urged Mr Erdogan to "take back his remarks... which constitute interference in China's internal affairs", describing his genocide comments as "irresponsible and groundless."

Mr Erdogan made the controversial comments last Friday, telling NTV television: "The incidents in China are, simply put, a genocide. There's no point in interpreting this otherwise."

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8149379.stm

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Guess what China? I accuse you of the same thing, and I'm retracting NOTHING!

[Coventina]

1. Update: Turkish Government Site Hacked Amid Spat With China

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/168359/turkish_government_site_hacked_amid_spat_with_china.html

An attacker who defaced the Web site of Turkey's embassy in China on Monday left behind a pro-China note as the two countries worked through a diplomatic spat.

The Web site is also loading slowly, possibly signalling a denial-of-service attack, where a site is bombarded with traffic. The attacks are apparently retaliation for Turkish criticism of China over deadly riots last week, when members of the Uighur ethnic minority clashed with Han Chinese, China's majority ethnic group.

The riots in western Xinjiang province left at least 184 people dead and over 1,600 injured, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week called the events "a kind of genocide," and the country's trade minister called for a boycott of Chinese goods. Thousands of Turks reportedly demonstrated in support of Chinese Uighurs over the weekend.

:eyes:

Stay classy, China.

[Libertas1776]

2. Ironic

statement coming from a nation (Turkey) that refuses to recognize its own history of genocide.

[ohio2007]

5. Calling the kettle black nt

[Astrad]

You'd think Turkey would be a little more careful about using the "G" word.

[Astrad]

3. You'd think Turkey would be a little more careful about using the "G" word.

[Bette Noir]

4. What's that I hear? The worm turning?

I live in an area with a big Armenian community. They'd be mightily amused to hear the Turkish gummint accuse anyone else of genocide.

[provis99]

6. Turkey accuses others of genocide?

that's like mud accusing the ground of being dirty.