{"id":5369,"date":"2015-07-11T22:51:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T02:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=5369"},"modified":"2015-07-10T22:56:34","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T02:56:34","slug":"thai-embassy-in-turkey-closes-after-pro-uighur-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/thai-embassy-in-turkey-closes-after-pro-uighur-protests","title":{"rendered":"Thai embassy in Turkey closes after pro-Uighur protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2015\/07\/84191077_84191076.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5370\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2015\/07\/84191077_84191076-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"_84191077_84191076\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2015\/07\/84191077_84191076-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2015\/07\/84191077_84191076.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>10 July 2015<\/p>\n<p>From the section Asia<\/p>\n<p>Riot police stand as a group of Uighur protesters demonstrate outside the Thai embassy in Ankara<br \/>\nRiot police stood guard at the Thai embassy in Ankara on Thursday<\/p>\n<p>Thailand has closed its embassy in Turkey following protests over Thailand&#8217;s deportation of about 100 Uighurs to China.<\/p>\n<p>The embassy in Ankara&lt;!&#8211;more&#8211;&gt; and the consulate in Istanbul have been temporarily shut after the consulate was stormed by Uighur supporters on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Rights groups have criticised the deportation of Muslim Uighurs saying they face persecution in China.<\/p>\n<p>China denies repressing Uighurs and called the deportees illegal migrants.<\/p>\n<p>There have been days of unrest in Turkey over reports of Uighurs in western China being restricted by the Chinese government from observing the holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>Uighurs have close cultural and religious ties with Turkish Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>Protests outside the Chinese embassy have seen Chinese flags burnt and on Thursday police fired pepper spray at demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>There have been reports of Chinese citizens being harassed and attacked and China issued a travel warning to its citizens travelling to Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Jump media playerMedia player helpOut of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue.<br \/>\nMedia caption<\/p>\n<p>Uighurs already living in Turkey responded angrily, smashing windows at the Thai consulate in Istanbul<\/p>\n<p>Thailand&#8217;s decision to deport about 100 Uighurs has raised tensions further.<\/p>\n<p>Windows at the Thai consulate were smashed, furnishings damaged and the sign outside pulled down.<\/p>\n<p>Thai spokesman Werachon Sukhondhapatipak told reporters the government had ordered the embassy and consulate to close temporarily on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;We will assess the situation on a daily basis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>About 400 Uighurs detained for illegally entering Thailand in March last year have been the focus of a diplomatic dispute between Turkey and China over where they should be moved to.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand said about 100 people were removed on Wednesday, while an earlier group of 172 women and children were sent to Turkey in late June.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-33474720\">For detail please visit here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 July 2015 From the section Asia Riot  &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/thai-embassy-in-turkey-closes-after-pro-uighur-protests\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,186],"tags":[1343,1293,840,1353],"views":5965,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5371,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5369\/revisions\/5371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}