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Elihan Töre

1885–1976 · 20th century · Also known as Alikhan Tura

Elihan Töre was an Uzbek Muslim cleric from Tokmok who became president of the Second East Turkestan Republic, proclaimed at Ghulja in northern Xinjiang in November 1944. He gave the Soviet-backed rising a religious and nationalist voice. In 1946 Soviet agents removed him to Tashkent, where he spent the rest of his life.

Elihan Töre
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Second East Turkestan Republic

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