Isa Yusuf Alptekin or ʿĪsa Yūsuf Alptekin (Uyghur: ئەيسا يۈسۈپ ئالپتېكىن (عيسى يوسف الپتگین or عيسى يوسف الپتكین); Turkish: İsa Yusuf Alptekin; Chinese: 艾萨·玉素甫·阿布甫泰肯; pinyin: Àisà Yùsùfŭ Ābùfŭtàikěn; 1901 – 17 December 1995), known in China as Ai Sha (Chinese: 艾沙伯克; pinyin: Àishābókè), was a self proclaimed Uyghur ultra-nationalist and pan-Turkic politician who served the Chinese Nationalist (KMT) regime and opposed both the First East Turkistan Republic and the Second East Turkestan Republic. When East Turkestan (Xinjiang) came under Communist Chinese control, Alptekin went into exile from China in 1949.
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1902 Kashgar, Qing Dynasty
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1995 (aged 92) Istanbul, Turkey
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