Perhat Tursun

پەرھات تۇرسۇن

Name in Modern Chinese: 帕尔哈提·吐尔逊

Country

Xinjiang, China

Languages

Uyghur, Modern Chinese

Dates

1969 — present

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Perhat Tursun is a Uyghur writer and poet. He is considered to be one of the most notable modern Uyghur writers. In January 2018, he was seized by Chinese authorities from Urumqi and was later reported to have been sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment.