In this week’s episode of Kashgar Times, we sit down with Sinan Çoban, a 30-year-old traveler of Turkish descent living in Germany, whose Instagram has become a powerful visual archive of his journeys across the Islamic world.
For years, Sinan has explored the Muslim world, sharing their beauty through his lens. But in this episode, we focus on his experience in Chinese-occupied East Turkistan. Sinan reflects on what he saw on the ground, the signs of repression that go unspoken, and the silence of most travel vloggers who visit the region.
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As he points out, many influencers choose not to speak up, afraid that doing so would bar them from ever entering China again. But Sinan believes that silence enables oppression, and that content creators have a responsibility to tell the truth, especially when others can not.
We also extend an open invitation to travel vloggers and content creators: whether or not your stories are for publication, we welcome you to write in. Your firsthand accounts, anonymous or not, help us push back against the flood of CCP propaganda. Authentic information is scarce, and your insights matter.
Follow Sinan on Instagram where he shares photos and videos of his journeys around the world.
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