United Revolutionary Front of East Turkestan

United Revolutionary Front of East Turkestan
	東突厥斯坦聯合革命陣線 Participant in the Xinjiang conflict
Active	1969–2001
Ideology	Uyghur nationalism; Separatism
Leaders	Yusupbek Mukhlisi
Area of operations	China (Xinjiang)
Allies	Soviet Union (until 1991); Mongolia (until 1992)
Opponent(s)	China
Battles and war(s)	Xinjiang conflict

The United Revolutionary Front of East Turkestan (Chinese: 東突厥斯坦聯合革命陣線; URFET) was an Uyghur nationalist group in Xinjiang that participated in the Xinjiang conflict as an armed separatist force. It was led by Yusupbek Mukhlisi, who operated in-exile with other former URFET members in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[1]

The group was allegedly supported logistically by the Soviet Union until 1989.[2] In September 2001, the URFET merged with the Uyghur Liberation Organisation (ULO) and became the Uyghurstan People's Party.[3]

References

"Riots sparked off by public executions, says leader of exiles". 12 February 1997.
The ETIM: China's Islamic Militants and the Global Terrorist Threat - J. Todd Reed, Diana Raschke, p. 37.
Reed, J. Todd; Raschke, Diana (2010). The ETIM: China's Islamic Militants and the Global Terrorist Threat. ABC-CLIO. p. 36. ISBN 9780313365409. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

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[1] "Riots sparked off by public executions, says leader of exiles". 12 February 1997.

[2] The ETIM: China's Islamic Militants and the Global Terrorist Threat - J. Todd Reed, Diana Raschke, p. 37.

[TheETIM-3] Reed, J. Todd; Raschke, Diana (2010). The ETIM: China's Islamic Militants and the Global Terrorist Threat. ABC-CLIO. p. 36. ISBN 9780313365409. Retrieved 28 May 2018.