The statement follows the reported death in a camp of a prominent musician from the Uighur minority.
Turkey has called on China to close its detention camps following the reported death of a renowned musician from the ethnic Uighur minority.
Abdurehim Heyit is thought to have been serving an eight-year sentence in the Xinjiang region, where a million Uighurs are reportedly being detained.
A statement from Turkey’s foreign ministry said they were being subjected to „torture“ in „concentration camps“.
China says the facilities are re-education camps.
The Uighurs are a Muslim Turkic-speaking minority based in the north-west Xinjiang region of China, which has come under intense surveillance by Chinese authorities. What did Turkey say?
In a statement issued on Saturday, foreign ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said: „It is no longer a secret that more than a million Uighur Turks exposed to arbitrary arrests are subjected to torture and political brainwashing“ in prisons, adding that those not detained were „under great pressure“.
„The reintroduction of concentration camps in the 21st century and the systematic assimilation policy of Chinese authorities against the Uighur Turks is a great embarrassment for humanity,“ Mr Aksoy said.
