In Istanbul, the last Uyghur bookshops struggle to survive
This story was originally published by CodaLocated a few feet below street level in the busy Sefakoy district of Istanbul, the Kutadgu Bilik bookshop is a trove of Uyghur culture. If you visit late on a weekday afternoon, you’ll find children whizzing down the aisles, occasionally stopping to flick through the glossy Uyghur-language books that line the walls. It is close to an idyllic scene. As a people subject to ongoing repression in China—or genocide, as a US congressional committee heard in...