The day before yesterday, Turkey prime minister Mr Erdogan paid official visit to Urumqi, XinJiang, accompanying with 300 businessman and government officials.  When I saw the images, I got excited, because it was a landmark in XinJiang history, first time visited by high government officials. 

We share a lot of things with Turkey Turkish. Since we are the Uyghur turks, we speak a language which is pretty close to Turkish. And we also share the same religion Islam. Based on our ethnically related characteristics, the visit paid by Turkey PM this time is like the meeting between far relatives.

A crowd of Uyghur people cheered when the PM Mr Erdogan appeared in the Big Market, the center of Urumqi where majority Uyghur people inhabit. The PM met Uyghur people in the Big Market and talked to them in Uyghur language fluently. Applause was everywhere and the crowd was shouting "Marhaba! Hux Kelipsiz! " (means Welcome in English).