ETNAM strongly believes that the East Turkestan National Movement is not exclusive to the Uyghurs but all Turkic peoples of Xinjiang including Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Tatars, and others.[5] The group advocates for "the end of China's colonization and occupation of East Turkistan and actively strives to restore the independence of East Turkestan."[6] ETNAM is the first Uyghur organization to not portray the Uyghur and other Turkic peoples of East Turkistan as a persecuted minority, but rather as an occupied state.[7]