East Turkestan Republic

East Turkistan Republic (ETR) may refer to:

  • First East Turkestan Republic (1933–1934), Islamic republic centered on the city of Kashgar
  • Second East Turkestan Republic (1944–1949), Soviet-backed Turkic people's republic in northern Xinjiang

Famous quotes containing the words east and/or republic:

    “The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.”
    —Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)

    “Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.”
    —Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)