| Abdul Shakoor al-Turkistani | |
| Birth Date: | January 24, 1965 |
| Birth Place: | China |
| Death Place: | North Waziristan, Pakistan |
| Death Date: | August 24, 2012 (aged 47) |
| Office1: | Emir of the Turkistan Islamic Party |
| Term Start1: | 2010 |
| Term End1: | 24 August 2012 |
| Predecessor1: | Abdul Haq al-Turkistani |
| Successor1: | Abdullah Mansour |
| Allegiance: | East Turkestan Islamic Movement al-Qaeda |
| Battles: | Xinjiang conflict War in North-West Pakistan |
Abdul Shakoor al-Turkistani (Arabic: عبد الشکور التركستاني), also known as Abdul Shakoor Damla and Emeti Yakuf (Uighur; Uyghur: ئەخمەت ياقۇپ|Exmet Yaqup),[1] was the emir of the East Turkistan Islamic Party, an Islamist organisation that seeks independence for China's Xinjiang province and for it to become an Islamic state.[2] In August 2011, Abdul Shakoor reportedly appeared in a video with his face obscured taking responsibility for the 2011 Kashgar attacks and 2011 Hotan attack.[2]
Abdul Shakoor reportedly took command of al Qaeda forces in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in April 2011 after Saif al-Adel left the region, according to the jihadist newspaper Karachi Islam.[3] [4]
Abdul Shakoor was killed in North Waziristan in a CIA drone strike on August 24, 2012.[5]