Mr. Wave Jesus: "The late General Mehmet Reza Bekin is an unforgettable figure in the 20th century East Turkestan cause"

On February 16, one of the founding members of the East Turkestan Foundation commemorated and praised his contribution to the Uyghur cause through the East Turkestan Foundation and a large number of Uyghur social media outlets in Istanbul on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of the death of the late Uyghur General Mehmet Reza Bekin.

They wrote in his writings that Mehmet Reza Bekin, who was born in Hotan in 1925 with the help of his uncle Muhammad Emin Bugra and was sent to Turkey to study in 1934, was a capable diplomat, had worked for the Uyghurs for the rest of his life, and made the East Turkestan cause a national issue. He wrote that all the Uyghur people would remember him with gratitude.

Hamutkhan Köktürk, who has worked with General Mehmet Reza Bekin and the East Turkestan Foundation for many years, was interviewed by Mehmet Rıza Bekin, who grew up in the Turkish army as a general, dedicated his 30-year life after his retirement to the East Turkestan case and convened the East Turkestan National Congress in Istanbul in 1992. He stated that he had educated the students and that 40 people were working in the universities.

Mr. Hamutkhan Köktürk stated that General Mehmet Riza Bekin was the only Uighur who graduated from the Turkish Military Academy and served in the Korean War and later served as a Turkish envoy to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Mr. Dolgun Issa, President of the World Uyghur Congress, then spoke to us and stated that General Mehmet Reza Bekin is an unforgettable figure who made a great contribution to the 20th century independence of East Turkestan and made a great contribution to the establishment of the World Uyghur Congress.

One of the most important tasks of the late General Mehmet Reza Bekin was to teach Uyghur students. He taught a large number of Uyghur students from 1980 to 2010 and now works at various universities in Turkey. One of them is Alimcan Inayet, a professor at Ege University in Izmir. He reported this.

The late Mehmet Reza Bekin was born in 1925 in Hotan. He left his homeland with his family when he was 9 years old. He graduated from the Turkish Army School with honors. Participated in the Korean War in the Turkish army in the 1950s.

He served in the Turkish military and intelligence services in the United States and Germany. He has also served on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He retired from the Turkish army in 1985 with the rank of General.

After the late 1990s, he served as chairman, vice-president and honorary chairman of organizations such as the East Turkestan National Congress and the East Turkestan Foundation.

The deceased died 12 years ago in Ankara at 8:35 pm Turkish time.