The history and socio-economic development of Kazakhs emigrated from Eastern Türkistan to Turkey in1950's

After fleeing the Chinese persecution in Eastern Turkestan, the Kazakhs firstly escaped to Kashmir, and then came to India and Pakistan where they would moved to their last immigration point;Turkey. In Turkey, these Eastern Turkestan Kazakhs were settled in various cities. Here, they had engaged in animal husbandry and agriculture. Because of the hard economic conditions in villages, they had began to come in Istanbul. They made and sold their handcraft products, entered in leather works and established plastic factories. During this period, the issue of education was not given importance among the Kazakhs. But, after the stopover in leather works, education gained importance in Kazakh community. With the start of the education process, the Kazakhs began to appear in many occupation fields in Turkey where they believed their country of common ancestors. The Kazakhs settled in various districts in Istanbul and established a detached settlement under the name of "Kazakkent (Kazakhcity)". Today in Turkey the Kazakhs have continued of their tradional culture and made a very great progress over the years.