Member of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
Incumbent
Assumed office May 26, 2020[1][2]
President of the Uyghur American Association
In office 2004–2006
Personal details
Born
Nury Ablikim Turkel
1970 (age 53–54)[3] Kashgar,[4][5] Xinjiang, China
Nationality
American
Spouse
Nazli Bilkic
(m. 2007)
Children
2
Residence
Washington, D.C.[6]
Alma mater
Northwest A&F University[4] American University
Occupation
Lawyer,[1][6] public official, human rights advocate
Known for
First U.S.-educated Uyghur lawyer[1] Former President of the Uyghur American Association Chairman of the Board for the Uyghur Human Rights Project
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Nury Ablikim Turkel (/ˌtʊrˈkɛl/; Uyghur: نۇرى ئابلىكىم تۈركەل; Chinese: 努里·特克尔, pinyin: Nǔlǐ Tèkè'ěr; b. 1970) is an American attorney, public official and human rights advocate based in Washington, D.C. He is currently Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
Turkel was born in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. After finishing his undergraduate in 1995, he moved to the United States. He is former president of the Uyghur American Association[7] and is currently serving as the chairman of the board for the Uyghur Human Rights Project.[8][9][10] In 2020, Turkel was appointed a USCIRF commissioner by then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Turkel is the first U.S.-educated Uyghur lawyer[1][11] and the first Uyghur American to be appointed to a political position in the United States.[12] In 2020, he was included on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.[13][14]
He is the author of No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs.
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^Elana Schor (6 June 2020). "Q&A: Nury Turkel on Uighurs and new religious freedom post". Associated Press. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
^ ab"Survivors of Religious Persecution at the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly". State Department. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^"Nury Turkel: A Turkish Primer on Engaging Beijing". www.uhrp.org. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
^"Attorney Nury Turkel". www.chinafile.com. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
^"The Uyghur Crisis in China: Adversity, Advocacy, Activism". UCLA Asia Pacific Center. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^"Remarks at the 5th Biannual Congress of the Uyghur American Association by Nury Turkel". Uyghur American Association. 28 May 2006. Archived from the original on 9 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^Leigh Hartman (23 June 2020). "Once interned in China, Uyghur American fights for religious freedom". ShareAmerica. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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