Uighur Muslims in Turkey stage protest at visit of Chinese foreign minister

A protester from the Uighur community living in Turkey, participates in a protest in Istanbul (Emrah Gurel/AP)

Hundreds of Uighurs staged protests in Ankara and Istanbul, denouncing Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi’s visit to Turkey and demanding that the Turkish government take a stronger stance against human rights abuses in China’s far-western Xinjiang region.

The crowd gathered at Istanbul’s Beyazit Square, holding posters of missing relatives they believe are being kept in detention camps in China and chanting slogans against Beijing.