ULUSÖTESİ SAVUNUCULUK AĞLARI VE TÜRKİYE’NİN BÖLGESEL BAĞLAMINDA UYGUR HAKLARI

Abstract

Uygurlar, Doğu Türkistan’da sistematik bir biçimde süregelen insan hakları ihlallerine dikkat çekmek amacıyla uluslararası kamuoyunu bilgilendirmeye yönelik kapsamlı bir çaba içerisindedir. Ancak Çin hükümetinin baskıcı kontrol mekanizmaları, yoğun sansür politikaları ve küresel düzeyde uyguladığı diplomatik baskılar, bu çabaları büyük ölçüde sınırlamaktadır. Uygur aktivistleri, bu engelleri aşmak için merkezi olmayan, esnek ve güvenlik odaklı bir örgütlenme modelini benimsemekte; böylece Çin’in doğrudan müdahalesinden kaçınmaya çalışmaktadırlar. Ulusötesi savunuculuk ağları (Transnational Advocacy Networks – TANs), bu sürecin hem teorik hem de pratik temelini oluşturmaktadır. Özellikle Türkiye, Doğu ile Batı arasındaki köprü konumuyla, Uygurların seslerini uluslararası kuruluşlara ve kamuoyuna duyurabilmeleri açısından stratejik bir platform sunmaktadır. Bu makale, TANs çerçevesinden hareketle Uygur hakları savunuculuğunun yapısını, karşılaştığı kalıcı engelleri ve baskıcı çevre koşullarına karşı geliştirdiği stratejik uyum mekanizmalarını analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu bağlamda çalışma, hem uluslararası ilişkiler teorisine hem de insan hakları savunuculuğuna özgün bir katkı sunmayı hedeflemektedir.

Keywords

• Ulusötesi Savunuculuk Ağları
• Uygur Savunuculuğu
• İnsan Hakları Savunuculuğu
• Türkiye
• Çin

TRANSNATIONAL ADVOCACY NETWORKS AND UYGHUR RIGHTS IN THE REGIONAL CONTEXT OF TÜRKİYE

Abstract

Uyghurs are making extensive efforts to inform the international community in order to draw attention to the systematic human rights violations in East Turkestan. However, the Chinese government’s oppressive control mechanisms, intense censorship policies, and diplomatic pressures applied at the global level greatly limit these efforts. In order to overcome these obstacles, Uyghur activists adopt a decentralized, flexible, and security-focused organizational model; thus, they try to avoid direct intervention by China. Transnational advocacy networks (TANs) constitute both the theoretical and practical basis of this process. Turkey, in particular, provides a strategic platform for Uyghurs to make their voices heard by international organizations and the public, with its position as a bridge between the East and the West. This article aims to analyze the structure of Uyghur rights advocacy, the persistent obstacles it faces, and the strategic adaptation mechanisms it has developed against oppressive environmental conditions, based on the TANs framework. In this context, the study aims to make an original contribution to both international relations theory and human rights advocacy.

Keywords

• Transnational Advocacy Networks
• Uyghur Advocacy
• Human Rights Advocacy
• Türkiye
• China

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