Turkish Ankara City Council Proposes to Change Chinese Embassy Address to “Turkic Street”

The Chinese Embassy in Turkey has been summoned by the Turkish Foreign Ministry for criticizing the 31st anniversary of the Uyghur “Barren Uprising” in the Turkish capital, Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavas, which has strained relations between the two sides. Ankara city authorities also “dug a hole” in front of the Chinese embassy, which was seen as a “different kind of counterattack” against China. However, Ankara city authorities have recently received a proposal to rename the street where the Chinese embassy is located as “Turkic Street”.

Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavas and Meral Aksener, the leader of the Turkish nationalist Iyi Party, recently tweeted to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Uighur “Barren Township Uprising” in Xinjiang. “Liu Shaobin, China’s ambassador to Turkey, and the Foreign Ministry were displeased with the tweet, “Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is an inseparable part of China’s territory.” In response, the Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned Liu Shaobin to express strong protest against him.

However, CüneytÖztürk, an Ankara city official, tweeted two photos of the construction work in front of the Chinese embassy on the 7th, claiming that the construction was to “check whether the residents of this area are stealing water resources”, which was laughed by many netizens as Turkey’s “alternative counterattack” against China. The photo of the construction work in front of the embassy was taken to “check whether the residents of the area are stealing water resources,” which was laughed by many netizens as Turkey’s “alternative counterattack” against China.

The Russian news agency Sputnik quoted the Turkish daily Milli Gazete as reporting that, in addition to digging a hole in front of the Chinese embassy, the Ankara City Council, at its 12th meeting, submitted a proposal to rename the street where the Chinese embassy is located as “Turkic Street”. “The Turkish and Uyghur origins can be traced back to the Turkic people who lived in Central Asia in ancient times, a move that also symbolizes a demonstration against the Chinese Embassy in Turkey, although it is still unknown whether the proposal will be adopted and adopted.