Nury Turkel
Nury Turkel is an American attorney, author, public official, and foreign policy expert based in Washington, D.C.. He is a former chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, and former president of the Uyghur American Association.
Turkel is the first U.S.-educated Uyghur lawyer and the first Uyghur American to be appointed to a political position in the United States. In 2020, he was named to Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and was included among Fortune's 50 Greatest Leaders the following year. He is the author of No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs.
Turkel is the first U.S.-educated Uyghur lawyer and the first Uyghur American to be appointed to a political position in the United States. In 2020, he was named to Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and was included among Fortune's 50 Greatest Leaders the following year. He is the author of No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs.
